CVE-2025-42954 Denial of service (DOS) in SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse (CCAW application)
A privileged attacker can cause high CPU load and reduced performance in SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse by executing specific RFC function modules.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-42954?
CVE-2025-42954 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in SAP_SE SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse (CCAW application), published on 8 Jul 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse CCAW application allows a privileged attacker to cause a high CPU load by executing a RFC enabled function modules without any input parameters, which results in reduced performance or interrupted operation of the affected resource. This leads to low impact on availability of the application, there is no impact on confidentiality and integrity.
Weakness: CWE-835
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-42954?
How do I fix CVE-2025-42954?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-42954 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-2025-42954 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-42954 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-75g5-8m23-8x6w.