CVE-2025-4656

Vault Vulnerable to Recovery Key Cancellation Denial of Service

Published Jun 25, 2025 CVSS 3.1 · 3.1 Low EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
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.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2025-28064 Vault Community Edition rekey and recovery key operations can cause denial of service
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-fhc2-8qx8-6vj7 Vault Community Edition rekey and recovery key operations can cause denial of service
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Hashicorp
Hashicorp vault
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Hashicorp
Hashicorp vault
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00043}

epss

{'score': 0.00013}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
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.
Title Vault Vulnerable to Recovery Key Cancellation Denial of Service
Weaknesses CWE-1088
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 3.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
HashiCorp
Published
Updated
Jun 25, 2025, 8:05 PM
Reserved
May 13, 2025, 3:30 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Jun 25, 2025, 5:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 9:33 AM
Severity
Low
Public date
Jun 25, 2025, 4:15 PM