CVEvulnerability
CVE-2025-42999
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability
SAP NetWeaver Deserialization Vulnerability — SAP NetWeaver
SAP NetWeaver Visual Composer Metadata Uploader contains a deserialization vulnerability that allows a privileged attacker to compromise the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the host system by deserializing untrusted or malicious content.
- Added to KEV
- 2025-05-15
- Remediation due
- 2025-06-05
- Ransomware use
- Known
- Required action
- Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
- Notes
- SAP users must have an account to log in and access the patch: https://me.sap.com/notes/3604119 ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-42999
- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2025-05-13
- Last modified
- 2026-08-11
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 9.1 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-502
Description
SAP NetWeaver Visual Composer Metadata Uploader is vulnerable when a privileged user can upload untrusted or malicious content which, when deserialized, could potentially lead to a compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the host system.
Affected configurations
• sap netweaver 7.5
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-502 Deserialization of Untrusted Data weakness
References
- https://me.sap.com/notes/3604119 Permissions Required
- https://url.sap/sapsecuritypatchday Vendor Advisory
- https://onapsis.com/blog/active-exploitation-of-sap-vulnerability-cve-2025-31324/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-42999 US Government Resource