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CVE-2025-4656

Vault Vulnerable to Recovery Key Cancellation Denial of Service

Severity Score

3.1
*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

0
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

Track
*SSVC
Descriptions

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.

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Low
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:Track
Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Tech. Impact
Partial
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2025-05-13 CVE Reserved
  • 2025-06-25 CVE Published
  • 2025-06-25 CVE Updated
  • 2025-06-26 EPSS Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
  • ---------- First Exploit
CWE
  • CWE-1088: Synchronous Access of Remote Resource without Timeout
CAPEC
  • CAPEC-469: HTTP DoS
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor Product Version Other Status
Vendor Product Version Other Status <-- --> Vendor Product Version Other Status
HashiCorp
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 Vault
Search vendor "HashiCorp" for product "Vault"
 >= 1.14.8 < 1.20.0
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en
Affected
HashiCorp
Search vendor "HashiCorp"
 Vault Enterprise
Search vendor "HashiCorp" for product "Vault Enterprise"
 >= 1.14.8 < 1.20.0
Search vendor "HashiCorp" for product "Vault Enterprise" and version " >= 1.14.8 < 1.20.0"
en
Affected