CVE-2025-42873 — Denial of Service (DoS) in SAPUI5 framework (Markdown-it component)
SAPUI5 (and OpenUI5) packages use outdated 3rd party libraries with known security vulnerabilities. When markdown-it encounters special malformed input, it fails to terminate pr…
Published: 2025-12-09 · CVSS: 5.9 · CVSS 3.1
SAPUI5 (and OpenUI5) packages use outdated 3rd party libraries with known security vulnerabilities. When markdown-it encounters special malformed input, it fails to terminate properly, resulting in an infinite loop. This Denial of Service via infinite loop causes high CPU usage and system unresponsiveness due to a blocked processing thread. This vulnerability has no impact on confidentiality or integrity but has a high impact on system availability.
Source: CVE Program · Revision 8b16575c39f1e1810c5e863010da073d2d3285e7