# 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.

- **Severity:** Low 2.7 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 8 Jul 2025
- **Updated:** 8 Jul 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-75g5-8m23-8x6w

## 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 (Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition)

## 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.

## Is CVE-2025-42954 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-42954 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-42954 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-42954 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: SAP_SE SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse (CCAW application). 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-2025-42954/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-42954/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-42954
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-42954
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-42954

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-42954/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.