CVE-2025-12044
7.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
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.
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Version Range | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| HashiCorp | Vault | 1.20.3 < 1.21.0 | affected |
| HashiCorp | Vault Enterprise | 1.20.3 < 1.21.0 | affected |
| HashiCorp | Vault Enterprise | 1.19.9 < 1.19.11 | affected |
| HashiCorp | Vault Enterprise | 1.18.14 < 1.18.15 | affected |
| HashiCorp | Vault Enterprise | 1.16.25 < 1.16.27 | affected |
Weaknesses
- CWE-770: CWE-770: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
ADP Enrichment
CISA ADP Vulnrichment
- SSVC:
- Exploitation: none
- Automatable: yes
- Technical Impact: partial
References
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