SAP SAProuter up to 9.18 DLL Loading Process untrusted search path

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A vulnerability was found in SAP SAProuter up to 9.18. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component DLL Loading Process. This manipulation causes untrusted search path. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2026-0487. The attack is restricted to local execution. No exploit exists.

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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in SAP SAProuter up to 9.18. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function of the component DLL Loading Process. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a untrusted search path vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-426. The product searches for critical resources using an externally-supplied search path that can point to resources that are not under the product's direct control. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

SAProuter on Microsoft Windows allows an unauthenticated attacker to load library (DLL) files from an untrusted location, allowing them to execute malicious code on the system. This could enable the attacker to hijack the DLL loading process and achieve arbitrary code execution. This has high impact on confidentiality, integrity and availability of the system.

The advisory is shared at me.sap.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-0487 since 12/09/2025. The exploitation appears to be difficult. An attack has to be approached locally. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 07/14/2026). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1574 for this issue.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Type

• Router Operating System

Vendor

• SAP

Name

• SAProuter

Version

• 7.22
• 7.53
• 7.54
• 7.77
• 7.89
• 7.93
• 9.16
• 9.17
• 9.18

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• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.sap.com/

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