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CVE-2025-12044

Vault Vulnerable to Denial of Service Due to Rate Limit Regression

Published: Oct 23, 2025Updated: Dec 23, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSA BDUCWE-770
NVD MITRE
7.5CVSSHIGH
EPSS Score
0.5%
Top 60.2%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

Hashicorp Vault and Vault Enterprise vulnerable to a denial of service when processing JSON

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:NI:NA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-770

Affected Products

github.com/hashicorp/vaultGoOSS Libraries
VaultHashiCorp
SaaSSaaS Service
Cloud & SaaS
Vault EnterpriseHashiCorp
SaaSSaaS Service
Cloud & SaaS
vaulthashicorp
SaaSSaaS Service
Cloud & SaaS
Vault Community EditionHashiCorp
On-prem
Cloud & SaaS / api-gateway
gopackage-ecosystemOSS Libraries
hashicorpcommercialUSCloud & SaaSaka hashicorp inc.

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
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References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-12044
nvd.nist.gov
https://github.com/hashicorp/vault/commit/b19e74c29a33ed2a99fc01626104db1a49345df3
github.com
https://github.com/hashicorp/vault/commit/eedc2b7426f30e57e306229ce697ce81e203ab89
github.com
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Timeline

Published
Oct 23, 2025
Last Updated
Dec 23, 2025

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