> CVE-2025-12044 [HIGH]

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PUBLISHED
2025-10-23 20:15
MODIFIED
2025-10-23 20:15
CVSS_SCORE V3
7.5
EPSS (Prob. Exploit)
0.53%
Top 55.9%
DATA SOURCES:
NVD đź”— 2025-10-23 CVE PROJECT đź”— 2026-01-19 CWE MITRE đź”— 2026-11-01 FIRST EPSS đź”— 2026-10-25 GITHUB đź”— 2026-11-04 OSV đź”— 2026-11-01

> DESCRIPTION

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_PRODUCTS

ℹ️ Aucun produit affecté n'a encore été publié par NVD pour cette CVE.

> CVSS V3 METRICS

CVSS_VECTOR
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EXPLOITABILITY
3.9
IMPACT
3.6

> MÉTRIQUES CVSS DÉTAILLÉES

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Métrique Valeur Interprétation
AV (Vecteur d'Attaque)
Attack Vector
Network (N)
Exploit possible à distance via réseau (HTTP, API, etc.)
AC (Complexité d'Attaque)
Attack Complexity
Low (L)
Peu de conditions requises pour exploiter
PR (Privilèges Requis)
Privileges Required
None (N)
Aucune authentification requise
UI (Interaction Utilisateur)
User Interaction
None (N)
Aucune interaction utilisateur nécessaire
S (Périmètre)
Scope
Unchanged (U)
Impact reste dans le périmètre du composant compromis
C (Impact Confidentialité)
Confidentiality Impact
None (N)
Aucune divulgation d'informations
I (Impact Intégrité)
Integrity Impact
None (N)
Aucune modification de données possible
A (Impact Disponibilité)
Availability Impact
High (H)
Interruption totale du service possible

> RÉSUMÉ DES IMPACTS

Confidentialité
None
Aucune divulgation d'informations
Intégrité
None
Aucune modification de données possible
Disponibilité
High
Interruption totale du service possible

> WEAKNESSES

CWE-770

> CWE DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS

CWE-770: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling - The product allocates a reusable resource or group of resources on behalf of an actor without imposing any intended restrictions on the size or number of resources that can be allocated.

> RED HAT SECURITY ADVISORIES

Red Hat Security Advisory: RHTAS 1.3.1 - Red Hat Trusted Artifact Signer Release
The 1.3.1 release of Red Hat Trusted Artifact Signer OpenShift Operator. For more details see [product documentation](https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_trusted_artifact_signer/1).
Red Hat Security Advisory: RHTAS 1.3.1 - Red Hat Trusted Artifact Signer Release
The 1.3.1 release of Red Hat Trusted Artifact Signer OpenShift Operator. For more details see [product documentation](https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_trusted_artifact_signer/1).
Red Hat Security Advisory: RHTAS 1.3.1 - Red Hat Trusted Artifact Signer Release
The 1.3.1 release of Red Hat Trusted Artifact Signer OpenShift Operator. For more details see [product documentation](https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_trusted_artifact_signer/1).
Red Hat Security Advisory: RHTAS 1.3.1 - Red Hat Trusted Artifact Signer Release
The 1.3.1 release of Red Hat Trusted Artifact Signer OpenShift Operator. For more details see [product documentation](https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_trusted_artifact_signer/1).
Red Hat Security Advisory: RHTAS 1.3.1 - Tech Preview Release Of the Policy Controller Operator
The Tech Preview release of the RHTAS Policy Controller Operator. For more details see [product documentation](https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_trusted_artifact_signer/1).
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat OpenShift Pipelines Release 1.20.3
The 1.20.3 GA release of Red Hat OpenShift Pipelines Operator.. For more details see [product documentation](https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/red_hat_openshift_pipelines).

> GITHUB SECURITY ADVISORY

GHSA-vp5w-xcfc-73wf HIGH

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

AFFECTED PACKAGES:
GO / github.com/hashicorp/vault
>= 1.20.3, < 1.21.0
Fixed in: 1.21.0

> OSV (GOOGLE OPEN SOURCE VULNERABILITIES)

Vault Vulnerable to Denial of Service Due to Rate Limit Regression

AFFECTED PACKAGES:
Unknown / Unknown
ALIASES:
BIT-vault-2025-12044, GHSA-vp5w-xcfc-73wf, GO-2025-4071

> HISTORIQUE DES MODIFICATIONS

Première apparition
23/10/2025 20:15
Source: NVD
đź“Š ENRICHISSEMENT 01/11/2025 06:01
CWE
Champ modifié: Description CWE
Ancienne valeur:
N/A
Nouvelle valeur:
CWE-770: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling - The product allocates a reusable resource or group of resources on behalf of an actor without imposing any intended restrictions on the ...
đź“Š ENRICHISSEMENT 23/10/2025 21:45
CVEPROJECT
Champ modifié: CVE Project
Ancienne valeur:
Non
Nouvelle valeur:
Oui
Total des modifications: 2 Dernière mise à jour: 1 year ago

> REFERENCES

https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2025-31-vault-vulnerable-to-denial-of-serv...
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