Severity Level: Informational

Description: When your SAS^® software encounters a runtime exception, the traceback that is printed to the SAS log is displayed in plain text.

Potential Impact: Unencrypted sensitive system details might be displayed in the log.

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

The default behavior is to generate a traceback when the underlying code encounters a runtime exception. After you install this hot fix, certain tracebacks in the log will be encrypted.

Operating System and Release Information

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

A fix for this issue for Base SAS 9.4_M8 is available at:

A fix for this issue for SAS Threaded Kernel Core Routines 9.4_M8 is available at:

A fix for this issue for Base SAS 9.4_M7 is available at:

A fix for this issue for SAS Threaded Kernel Core Routines 9.4_M7 is available at: