Cyber Resilience

CVE-2026-0500

RCE in Sap Introscope Enterprise Manager 10.8

Published
13 January 2026
Modified
22 January 2026
Patch / advisory
CVSS Score v3.1 9.6
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0036 29th percentile
Risk Priority 67 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2026-0500 is a critical-severity Code Injection (CWE-94) vulnerability in Sap Introscope Enterprise Manager. Its CVSS base score is 9.6 (Critical).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Command and Scripting Interpreter (T1059); ranked at the 29th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to SA-11 (Developer Testing and Evaluation) and SI-10 (Information Input Validation) — see the control section below for these in your framework.

Deeper analysis AI-assisted summary

Synthesised by an AI model from the NVD description and linked references — a reading aid, not an authoritative source.

CVE-2026-0500, published on 2026-01-13, stems from the use of a vulnerable third-party component in SAP Wily Introscope Enterprise Manager (WorkStation). This flaw, tied to CWE-94 (code injection), carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.6 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H). It allows the creation of a malicious Java Network Launch Protocol (JNLP) file that can be hosted at a public-facing URL.

An unauthenticated attacker (PR:N) can exploit this over the network (AV:N) with low complexity (AC:L) by tricking a victim into clicking the malicious URL, which requires user interaction (UI:R). Upon access, the targeted Wily Introscope Server executes arbitrary OS commands on the victim's machine, achieving high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:H/I:H/A:H) while changing scope (S:C) for full system compromise.

SAP advisories provide mitigation details, including patches referenced in SAP Note 3668679 (https://me.sap.com/notes/3668679) and the SAP Security Patch Day page (https://url.sap/sapsecuritypatchday).

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

Due to the usage of vulnerable third party component in SAP Wily Introscope Enterprise Manager (WorkStation), an unauthenticated attacker could create a malicious JNLP (Java Network Launch Protocol) file accessible by a public facing URL. When a victim clicks on…

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the URL the accessed Wily Introscope Server could execute OS commands on the victim's machine. This could completely compromising confidentiality, integrity and availability of the system.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter Execution
Adversaries may abuse command and script interpreters to execute commands, scripts, or binaries.
T1059.001 PowerShell Execution
Adversaries may abuse PowerShell commands and scripts for execution.
T1059.002 AppleScript Execution
Adversaries may abuse AppleScript for execution.
T1059.004 Unix Shell Execution
Adversaries may abuse Unix shell commands and scripts for execution.
T1059.005 Visual Basic Execution
Adversaries may abuse Visual Basic (VB) for execution.
T1059.006 Python Execution
Adversaries may abuse Python commands and scripts for execution.
Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

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Affected Assets

sap
introscope enterprise manager
10.8

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)

Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)

Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)

Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)
  • V1.3.1

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

Developer testing and evaluation finds code paths that accept and execute externally influenced strings.

Input validation directly stops untrusted data from being used to construct executable code without neutralization.

Least privilege limits the damage an injected code fragment can perform once executed.

Requiring documented secure development standards and tools enforces use of safe code-generation APIs and escaping.

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.PS-06 mostly match
prevents

PR.PS-06's SDLC practices directly target injection flaws via secure coding and testing (mostly), yet as a single broad outcome it leaves many code-generation specifics unaddressed (partial).

PR.DS-10 none match
prevents

PR.DS-10 protects runtime data confidentiality/integrity but has no bearing on neutralizing externally influenced input during code generation, so neither direction shows any preventive effect.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

prevents

Banning unapproved code samples and unauthenticated web services, combined with secure-coding standards and SAST, prevents the dynamic generation or inclusion of attacker-supplied code.

none

Controls that restrict unauthorized or malicious code from being introduced via external networks or removable media limit opportunities for an attacker to inject and execute arbitrary code.

References