CVE-2025-42978 - CVE House
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Status published Low CVE-2025-42978

Insufficiently Secure Hostname Verification for Outbound TLS Connections in SAP NetWeaver Application Server Java

Vulnerability Description

The widely used component that establishes outbound TLS connections in SAP NetWeaver Application Server Java does not reliably match the hostname that is used for the connection against the wildcard hostname defined in the received certificate of remote TLS server. This might lead to the outbound connection being established to a possibly malicious remote TLS server and hence disclose information. Integrity and Availability are not impacted.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

SAP NetWeaver Application Server Java
Vulnerable Versions:
ENGINEAPI 7.50

Timeline

Official Publish: July 8th, 2025
Last Modified: July 8th, 2025
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-940

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.