# CVE-2025-42878: Sensitive Data Exposure in SAP Web Dispatcher and Internet Communication Manager (ICM)

> Unauthenticated attackers can access internal testing interfaces to expose diagnostics and disrupt services if these features are enabled.

- **Severity:** High 8.2 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 9 Dec 2025
- **Updated:** 9 Dec 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-549v-r8j8-4rmh

## What is CVE-2025-42878?

CVE-2025-42878 is a high-severity vulnerability in SAP_SE SAP Web Dispatcher and Internet Communication Manager (ICM), published on 9 Dec 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

SAP Web Dispatcher and ICM may expose internal testing interfaces that are not intended for production. If enabled, unauthenticated attackers could exploit them to access diagnostics, send crafted requests, or disrupt services. This vulnerability has a high impact on confidentiality, availability and low impact on integrity and of the application.

Weakness: CWE-1244 (Internal Asset Exposed to Unsafe Debug Access Level or State)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-42878?


## How do I fix CVE-2025-42878?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-42878 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-42878 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-42878 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-42878 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-42878 is a high-severity vulnerability in SAP_SE SAP Web Dispatcher and Internet Communication Manager (ICM), published on 9 Dec 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-42878 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: SAP_SE SAP Web Dispatcher and Internet Communication Manager (ICM). 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-2025-42878/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-42878/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-42878
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-42878
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-42878

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-42878/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.