CVE-2025-42873 - Denial of Service (DoS) in SAPUI5 framework (Markdown-it component)

CVE-2025-42873 - Denial of Service (DoS) in SAPUI5 framework (Markdown-it component)

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CVE ID : CVE-2025-42873
Published : Dec. 9, 2025, 2:14 a.m. | 1 hour, 31 minutes ago
Description : SAPUI5 (and OpenUI5) packages use outdated 3rd party libraries with known security vulnerabilities.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.
Severity: 5.9 | MEDIUM
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