CVE-2023-29185 Denial of Service (DOS) in SAP NetWeaver AS for ABAP (Business Server Pages)

Medium 5.3 Published 11 Apr 2023 Updated 7 Feb 2025

An authenticated non-admin user can cause a denial of service in SAP NetWeaver AS for ABAP by crafting specific requests that exhaust server resources.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2023-29185?

CVE-2023-29185 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in SAP NetWeaver AS for ABAP (Business Server Pages), published on 11 Apr 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

SAP NetWeaver AS for ABAP (Business Server Pages) - versions 700, 701, 702, 731, 740, 750, 751, 752, 753, 754, 755, 756, 757, allows an attacker authenticated as a non-administrative user to craft a request with certain parameters in certain circumstances which can consume the server's resources sufficiently to make it unavailable over the network without any user interaction.

Weakness: CWE-400

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-29185?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Sap Netweaver as Abap Business Server Pages.

How do I fix CVE-2023-29185?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-29185 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2023-29185 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-29185 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-c9w5-v8r2-gv7f.