CVE-2025-42873 — Denial of Service (DoS) in SAPUI5 framework (Markdown-it component)

CVE-2025-42873

Denial of Service (DoS) in SAPUI5 framework (Markdown-it component) PUBLISHED

Description (CNA)

SAPUI5 (and OpenUI5) packages use outdated 3rd party libraries with known security vulnerabilities. When markdown-it encounters special malformed input, it fails to terminate properly, resulting in an infinite loop. This Denial of Service via infinite loop causes high CPU usage and system unresponsiveness due to a blocked processing thread. This vulnerability has no impact on confidentiality or integrity but has a high impact on system availability.

Affected (CNA)

Vendor / product	Versions
SAP_SE / SAPUI5 framework (Markdown-it component)	affected SAP_UI 755; affected 756; affected 757; affected 758

CWE

CWE-405

References

https://me.sap.com/notes/3676970
https://url.sap/sapsecuritypatchday

ADP enrichment

CISA-ADP

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