CVE-2025-4656

LOW EPSS 11.8%
Published Jun 25, 20251y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago
3.1 CVSS 3.1
Low
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Published Jun 25, 2025 1y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

Description

Vault Community and Vault Enterprise rekey and recovery key operations can lead to a denial of service due to uncontrolled cancellation by a Vault operator. This vulnerability (CVE-2025-4656) has been remediated in Vault Community Edition 1.20.0 and Vault Enterprise 1.20.0, 1.19.6, 1.18.11, 1.17.17, and 1.16.22.

CVSS Details

Base Score
3.1
Exploitability
1.6
Impact
1.4
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity High
Privileges Required None
User Interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity None
Availability Low

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
11.8% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
No Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-1088

Affected Products 5

VendorProductVersionRange
hashicorpvault*≥1.14.8  –  <1.16.22
hashicorpvault*≥1.14.8  –  <1.20.0
hashicorpvault*≥1.17.0  –  <1.17.17
hashicorpvault*≥1.18.0  –  <1.18.11
hashicorpvault*≥1.19.0  –  <1.19.6

References 1

  • discuss.hashicorp.com https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2025-11-vault-vulnerable-to-recovery-key-cancellation-denial-of-service/75570
    Vendor Advisory

Remediation

No remediation data recorded yet

Check vendor advisories and the NVD entry for patch availability.