CVE-2023-25618Network attack vector

Authenticated server outage via resource-exhausting error requests

Published Mar 14, 2023 · Updated Feb 27, 2025

Resource exhaustion in SAP NetWeaver AS for ABAP and ABAP Platform allows remote authenticated users to make the server unavailable. An unused error-handling class accepts crafted request parameters that consume enough server resources to exhaust service capacity. Non-administrative credentials are required, and successful exploitation causes an availability-only outage without reading or modifying data.

CVSS severity6.5
Medium
EPSS probability0.61%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Resource exhaustion in SAP NetWeaver AS for ABAP and ABAP Platform allows remote authenticated users to make the server unavailable. An unused error-handling class accepts crafted request parameters that consume enough server resources to exhaust service capacity. Non-administrative credentials are required, and successful exploitation causes an availability-only outage without reading or modifying data.

The record

CVE
CVE-2023-25618
Published
Mar 14, 2023
Updated
Feb 27, 2025
Vendor
SAP SE
Product
SAP NetWeaver AS for ABAP and ABAP Platform
Classifications
CWE-400, T1499.004
Attack vector
network
Privileges
authenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Mar 14, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Feb 27, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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Is a vulnerable build present?

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  1. Affected versionversion=700
  2. Affected versionversion=701
  3. Affected versionversion=702
  4. Affected versionversion=731
  5. Affected versionversion=740
  6. Affected versionversion=750
  7. Affected versionversion=751
  8. Affected versionversion=752
  9. Affected versionversion=753
  10. Affected versionversion=754
  11. Affected versionversion=755
  12. Affected versionversion=756
  13. Affected versionversion=757
  14. Affected versionversion=791

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectornetwork
Required privilegesauthenticated

What is affected?

SAP SE · SAP NetWeaver AS for ABAP and ABAP Platformversion=700; version=701; version=702; version=731; version=740; version=750; version=751; version=752; version=753; version=754; version=755; version=756; version=757; version=791

Published CVSS scores

6.5SAP SECVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS describes severity. EPSS estimates exploitation probability.

Attacks

What attackers are doing with it

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectornetwork
Privilegesauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-400Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
T1499.004Application or System Exploitation

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