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Low severity · published Jun 25, 2025
CVE-2025-4656
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
3.1
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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 vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Low
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 18% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
VA
Vault · Hashicorp
1.14.8 before 1.16.22; 1.14.8 before 1.20.0; 1.17.0 before 1.17.17; 1.18.0 before 1.18.11; 1.19.0 before 1.19.6 · source: NVD
Affected product
VA
Vault
Hashicorp
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-4656
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-4656
Vendor Advisory
https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2025-11-vault-vulnerable-to-recovery-key-cancellation-denial-of-service/75570
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