What is CVE-2020-6317?

CVE-2020-6317 is a low-severity vulnerability in SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise, classified under Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File. CVSS score: 3.5/10. Published 2020-11-30.

How severe is CVE-2020-6317?

Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.5 out of 10.

Information disclosure in SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise

CVE-2020-6317

In certain situations, an attacker with regular user credentials and local access to an ASE cockpit installation can access sensitive information which appears in the installation log files. This information although sensitive is of limited utility and cannot be used to further access, modify or render unavailable any other information in the cockpit or system. This affects SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise, Versions - 15.7, 16.0.

Published 2020-11-30 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 3.5 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (26.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 27th percentile — 26.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise — versions 15.7, 16.0
SAP Se Adaptive Server Enterprise — versions < 15.7, < 16.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-532 — Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File

References

wiki.scn.sap.com/wiki/pages/viewpage.action (Vendor Advisory)
launchpad.support.sap.com/ (Permissions Required)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-6317?: CVE-2020-6317 is a low-severity vulnerability in SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise, classified under Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File. CVSS score: 3.5/10. Published 2020-11-30.
How severe is CVE-2020-6317?: Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.5 out of 10.