CVE-2018-2497 — The security audit log of SAP HANA, versions 1

The security audit log of SAP HANA, versions 1.0 and 2.0, does not log SELECT events if these events are part of a statement with the syntax CREATE TABLE <table_name> AS SELECT.

01What is this vulnerability?

The security audit log of SAP HANA, versions 1.0 and 2.0, does not log SELECT events if these events are part of a statement with the syntax CREATE TABLE <table_name> AS SELECT.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
SAP	SAP HANA	= 1.0, = 2.0

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: 2018-12-11T23:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-05T04:21:34.166Z

09References

• wiki.scn.sap.com — https://wiki.scn.sap.com/wiki/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=508559699
• www.securityfocus.com — http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106152
• launchpad.support.sap.com — https://launchpad.support.sap.com/#/notes/2704878