What is CVE-2022-31594?

CVE-2022-31594 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2022-06-14.

How severe is CVE-2022-31594?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.

Privilege escalation in SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise

CVE-2022-31594

A highly privileged user can exploit SUID-root program to escalate his privileges to root on a local Unix system.

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

Published 2022-06-14 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (12.5th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 12th percentile — 12.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000

Affected products

SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise — versions 16.0, kernel_7.22, kernel_7.49
SAP Se Adaptive Server Enterprise (Ase) — versions KERNEL 7.22, 7.49, 7.53

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management

References

www.sap.com/documents/2022/02/fa865ea4-167e-0010-bca6-c68f7e60039b.html (Vendor Advisory)
launchpad.support.sap.com/ (Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-31594?: CVE-2022-31594 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2022-06-14.
How severe is CVE-2022-31594?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.