Severity: Medium

Description: An arbitrary file upload vulnerability in SAS Studio allows malicious files to be uploaded using the Upload Files option within SAS Studio.

Potential Impact: A user could perform a malicious file upload.

Solution: This functionality has been redesigned in SAS^® Studio Basic Edition and SAS^® Studio Enterprise Edition. SAS Studio now supports the ability to restrict file upload types. 

Click the Hot Fix tab in this note to access the hot fix for this issue. 

Operating System and Release Information

Viya on Windows: An update for this issue is available for SAS Viya 3.5. For instructions on how to access and apply software updates, see the Updating Your SAS Viya software section in the SAS Viya 3.5 for Windows Deployment Guide at

Viya on Linux: An update for this issue is available for SAS Viya 3.5. For instructions on how to access and apply software updates, see the Updating Your SAS Viya software section in the SAS Viya 3.5 for Linux Deployment Guide at