CVE 5.9 MEDIUM

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

5.9 / 10
MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

SAPUI5 (and OpenUI5) packages use outdated 3rd party libraries with known security vulnerabilities.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.

Basic Information

ID CVE-2025-42873
Source sap
Published Dec 9, 2025 at 02:14

Affected Product

Vendor SAP_SE
Product SAPUI5 framework (Markdown-it component)
Version SAP_UI 755
Affected Versions SAP_SE SAPUI5 framework (Markdown-it component) SAP_UI 755
SAP_SE SAPUI5 framework (Markdown-it component) 756
SAP_SE SAPUI5 framework (Markdown-it component) 757
SAP_SE SAPUI5 framework (Markdown-it component) 758

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