SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise (Backup Server), version 16.0, does not perform the necessary validation checks for an authenticated user wh…

published 2020-05-12 6y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-27398

cvss: 9.1; version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.9%; EPSS 1.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 79%
public exploits: 0; none known

SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise (Backup Server), version 16.0, does not perform the necessary validation checks for an authenticated user while executing DUMP or LOAD command allowing arbitrary code execution or Code Injection.

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Exploit prediction

1.89% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 79% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.0	9.1	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	3.1	7.2	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	6.5	AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

SAP SE SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise (Backup Server)

Classification

Weakness

CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code

Technology feeds

SAP ASE rss critical rss

References

wiki.scn.sap.com /wiki/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=545396222
vendor-advisory
launchpad.support.sap.com /#/notes/2917275
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Sources

CVE List CVE-2020-6248
NVD CVE-2020-6248

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