GHSA-fhc2-8qx8-6vj7

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Vault Community Edition rekey and recovery key operations can cause denial of service

view advisory published 2025-06-26Licence: CC-BY-4.0

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.

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ID	severity	EPSS	exploitable	published
CVE-2025-4656US	—	0.27% (18th)	—	2025-06-25
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…

references

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2025-11-vault-vulnerable-to-recovery-key-cancellation-denial-of-service/75570WEB
https://github.com/hashicorp/vaultPACKAGE
https://github.com/hashicorp/vault/pull/30794WEB
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-4656ADVISORY

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