# CVE-2025-42874: Denial of service (DOS) in SAP NetWeaver (remote service for Xcelsius)

> An attacker with high privileges can cause denial of service or execute arbitrary code on SAP NetWeaver via the Xcelsius remote service.

- **Severity:** High 7.9 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 9 Dec 2025
- **Updated:** 9 Dec 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-3v8x-282w-fmj2

## What is CVE-2025-42874?

CVE-2025-42874 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in SAP_SE SAP NetWeaver (remote service for Xcelsius), published on 9 Dec 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

SAP NetWeaver remote service for Xcelsius allows an attacker with network access and high privileges to execute arbitrary code on the affected system due to insufficient input validation and improper handling of remote method calls. Exploitation does not require user interaction and could lead to service disruption or unauthorized system control. This has high impact on integrity and availability, with no impact on confidentiality.

Weakness: CWE-405 (Asymmetric Resource Consumption (Amplification))

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-42874?


## How do I fix CVE-2025-42874?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-42874 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-42874 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-42874 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-42874 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-42874 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in SAP_SE SAP NetWeaver (remote service for Xcelsius), published on 9 Dec 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-42874 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: SAP_SE SAP NetWeaver (remote service for Xcelsius). 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-2025-42874/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-42874/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-42874
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-42874
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-42874

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-42874/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.