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NVD Vulnerability Details :
CVE-2025-12044
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Source-security@hashicorp.com
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Published At-23 Oct, 2025 | 20:15
Updated At-23 Dec, 2025 | 20:26

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.

CISA Catalog
Date AddedDue DateVulnerability NameRequired Action
N/A
Date Added: N/A
Due Date: N/A
Vulnerability Name: N/A
Required Action: N/A
Metrics
TypeVersionBase scoreBase severityVector
Secondary3.17.5HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Type: Secondary
Version: 3.1
Base score: 7.5
Base severity: HIGH
Vector:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CPE Matches
HashiCorp, Inc.
hashicorp
>>vault>>Versions from 1.16.25(inclusive) to 1.16.27(exclusive)
cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
HashiCorp, Inc.
hashicorp
>>vault>>Versions from 1.18.14(inclusive) to 1.18.15(inclusive)
cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
HashiCorp, Inc.
hashicorp
>>vault>>Versions from 1.19.9(inclusive) to 1.19.11(inclusive)
cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
HashiCorp, Inc.
hashicorp
>>vault>>Versions from 1.20.3(inclusive) to 1.20.5(exclusive)
cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
HashiCorp, Inc.
hashicorp
>>vault>>Versions from 1.20.3(inclusive) to 1.21.0(exclusive)
cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
Weaknesses
CWE IDTypeSource
CWE-770Secondarysecurity@hashicorp.com
CWE ID: CWE-770
Type: Secondary
Source: security@hashicorp.com
Evaluator Description
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Vendor Statements
References
HyperlinkSourceResource
https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2025-31-vault-vulnerable-to-denial-of-service-due-to-rate-limit-regression/76710security@hashicorp.com
Vendor Advisory
Hyperlink: https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2025-31-vault-vulnerable-to-denial-of-service-due-to-rate-limit-regression/76710
Source: security@hashicorp.com
Resource:
Vendor Advisory
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