CVE-2018-2402
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedIn systems using the optional capture & replay functionality of SAP HANA, 1.00 and 2.00, (see SAP Note 2362820 for more information about capture & replay), user credentials may be stored in clear text in the indexserver trace files of the control system. An attacker with the required authorizations on the control system may be able to access the user credentials and gain unauthorized access to data in the captured or target system.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceIn SAP HANA 1.00 and 2.00 systems using the optional capture & replay functionality (SAP Note 2362820), user credentials are stored in clear text within indexserver trace files on the control system. An attacker with appropriate system authorizations can read these plaintext credentials and use them to access captured or target systems.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data= 1.00= 2.00CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- High
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Check SAP HANA versionExecute 'SELECT * FROM M_DATABASE' or 'HDB version' command to determine if the installed version is 1.00 or 2.00Affected if Version is 1.00 or 2.00 and matches the affected range
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Determine if capture & replay is enabledCheck configuration for the capture & replay functionality as described in SAP Note 2362820. Look for active capture/replay processes or related configuration entries in the SAP HANA system.Affected if Capture & replay functionality is installed and active
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Locate indexserver trace filesFind indexserver trace files in the SAP HANA diagnostic directory (typically under $SAPTRACE/$HOSTNAME/host*_indexserver_*.trc)Affected if Trace files exist on the control system
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Inspect trace files for plaintext credentialsSearch within indexserver trace files for patterns matching user credentials, passwords, or authentication tokens in clear text. Use grep or similar to search for password-related strings.Affected if Readable plaintext credentials are found in trace files
User is affected if running SAP HANA 1.00 or 2.00, capture & replay is enabled, and indexserver trace files contain plaintext credentials.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataApply the SAP patch for CVE-2018-2402, rotate all credentials that may have been exposed in trace files, and configure trace file sanitization to prevent future credential leakage.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2018-2402 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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