CVE-2025-12044
Published: Oct 23, 2025
Modified: Oct 23, 2025
CVSS v3.1
7.5
Description
Vault and Vault Enterprise (“Vault”) are vulnerable to an unauthenticated denial of service when processing JSON payloads. This occurs due to a regression from a previous fix for [+HCSEC-2025-24+|https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2025-24-vault-denial-of-service-though-complex-json-payloads/76393] which allowed for processing JSON payloads before applying rate limits. This vulnerability, CVE-2025-12044, is fixed in Vault Community Edition 1.21.0 and Vault Enterprise 1.16.27, 1.19.11, 1.20.5, and 1.21.0.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
HashiCorp | Vault | affected 1.20.3 - < 1.21.0 |
HashiCorp | Vault Enterprise | affected 1.20.3 - < 1.21.0affected 1.19.9 - < 1.19.11affected 1.18.14 - < 1.18.15affected 1.16.25 - < 1.16.27 |
Weaknesses (CWE)
CVSS v3.1 Details
CVSS v3.1 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability
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