CVE-2025-42902 Memory Corruption vulnerability in SAP Netweaver AS ABAP and ABAP Platform

Medium 5.3 Published Updated

An unauthenticated attacker can crash the SAP application server by sending corrupted tickets, causing a denial of service.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2025-42902?

CVE-2025-42902 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SAP_SE SAP Netweaver AS ABAP and ABAP Platform, published on 14 Oct 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Due to the memory corruption vulnerability in SAP NetWeaver AS ABAP and ABAP Platform, an unauthenticated attacker can send a corrupted SAP Logon Ticket or SAP Assertion Ticket to the SAP application server. This leads to a dereference of NULL which makes the work process crash. As a result, it has a low impact on the availability but no impact on the confidentiality and integrity.

Weakness: CWE-476

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-42902?

How do I fix CVE-2025-42902?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-42902 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2025-42902 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-42902 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-3hqp-8f7x-pr3q.

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