# CVE-2022-31594: Privilege escalation in SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE)

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

- **Severity:** Medium 6.7 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 14 Jun 2022
- **Updated:** 3 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-m5x9-8x67-p4jm

## What is CVE-2022-31594?

CVE-2022-31594 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE), published on 14 Jun 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

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

Weakness: CWE-269 (Improper Privilege Management)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-31594?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Sap Adaptive Server Enterprise.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-31594?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-31594 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-31594 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-31594 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE)

- [CVE-2022-31595](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-31595/): Missing authorization in SAP Financial Consolidation (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2020-6241](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-6241/): SQL injection in SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2020-6243](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-6243/): Code injection in SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise (XP Server on Windows Platform) (high 8.0)
- [CVE-2022-22528](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-22528/): Privilege escalation in SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2018-2468](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-2468/): Information disclosure in SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE) (high 7.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-31594 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-31594 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE), published on 14 Jun 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-31594 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE). No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-31594/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-31594/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-31594
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-31594
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-31594

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-31594/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.