CVE-2018-2478: SAP Basis

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 1.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An attacker can use specially crafted inputs to execute commands on the host of a TREX / BWA installation, SAP Basis, versions: 7.0 to 7.02, 7.10 to 7.11, 7.30, 7.31, 7.40 and 7.50 to 7.53. Not all commands are possible, only those that can be executed by the <sid>adm user. The commands executed depend upon the privileges of the <sid>adm user.

Affected products

• SAP Basis: from 7.0, up to and including 7.02; from 7.10, up to and including 7.11; from 7.50, up to and including 7.53; version 7.30 only; version 7.31 only; version 7.40 only

Published 2018-11-13. Last modified 2026-06-17.