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

> 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.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 11 Apr 2023
- **Updated:** 7 Feb 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-c9w5-v8r2-gv7f

## 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 (Uncontrolled Resource Consumption)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-29185?

It affects 1 product.


Products: 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.

## Is CVE-2023-29185 being exploited?

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

## Other vulnerabilities in SAP NetWeaver AS for ABAP (Business Server Pages)

- [CVE-2023-24521](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-24521/): Cross-site scripting in NetWeaver AS ABAP (BSP Framework) (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2023-24529](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-24529/): Cross-site scripting in NetWeaver AS ABAP (Business Server Pages application) (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2020-6324](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-6324/): Cross-site scripting in SAP NetWeaver AS ABAP (BSP Test Application) (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2020-6246](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-6246/): Cross-site scripting in SAP NetWeaver AS ABAP (Business Server Pages Test Application SBSPEXT TABLE) (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2020-6213](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-6213/): Cross-site scripting in SAP NetWeaver AS ABAP (Business Server Pages Test Application SBSPEXT PHTMLB) (medium 6.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-29185 and fix it if it is affected.

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

Affected product: SAP NetWeaver AS for ABAP (Business Server Pages). No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-29185/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-29185/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-29185
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-29185
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-29185

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-29185/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.