CVE-2017-8915 — sinopia, as used in SAP HANA XS 1

sinopia, as used in SAP HANA XS 1.00 and 2.00, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and service crash) by pushing a package with a filename containing a $ (dollar sign) or % (percent) character, aka SAP Security Note 2407694.

01What is this vulnerability?

sinopia, as used in SAP HANA XS 1.00 and 2.00, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and service crash) by pushing a package with a filename containing a $ (dollar sign) or % (percent) character, aka SAP Security Note 2407694.

02Affected products

No structured affected-product list available — see references below for vendor advisories.

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2017-05-23T04:29:02.383
• Last modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

09References

• www.securityfocus.com — http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96206
• erpscan.io — https://erpscan.io/advisories/erpscan-17-008-sap-hana-xs-sinopia-dos/
• erpscan.io — https://erpscan.io/press-center/blog/sap-cyber-threat-intelligence-report-februa…
• www.securityfocus.com — http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96206
• erpscan.io — https://erpscan.io/advisories/erpscan-17-008-sap-hana-xs-sinopia-dos/
• erpscan.io — https://erpscan.io/press-center/blog/sap-cyber-threat-intelligence-report-februa…