SAP HANA Privilege Escalation via User Switching
CVE-2026-0492 Published on January 13, 2026

Privilege escalation vulnerability in SAP HANA database
SAP HANA database is vulnerable to privilege escalation allowing an attacker with valid credentials of any user to switch to another user potentially gaining administrative access. This exploit could result in a total compromise of the systems confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

NVD

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2026-0492 is exploitable with network access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.

Attack Vector:
NETWORK
Attack Complexity:
LOW
Privileges Required:
LOW
User Interaction:
NONE
Scope:
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact:
HIGH
Integrity Impact:
HIGH
Availability Impact:
HIGH

Weakness Type

Missing Authentication for Critical Function

The software does not perform any authentication for functionality that requires a provable user identity or consumes a significant amount of resources.


Products Associated with CVE-2026-0492

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SAP Hana Database
 

Affected Versions

SAP_SE SAP HANA database Version HDB 2.00 is affected by CVE-2026-0492

Exploit Probability

EPSS
0.05%
Percentile
15.54%

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) scores estimate the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. The percentile shows you how this score compares to all other vulnerabilities.