CVE-2025-4656
lowpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.003 · 18 %ileDEEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
ssvc
A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.
weaknesses
The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.
affected products (28)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
advisories (4)
Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.
- WID-SEC-W-2025-1400Hashicorp Vault: Schwachstelle ermöglicht Denial of ServiceDeutsch2025-06-25csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in Hashicorp Vault ausnutzen, um einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen.
- GHSA-fhc2-8qx8-6vj7Vault Community Edition rekey and recovery key operations can cause denial of service2025-06-26ghsa · osvUS
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.
- BIT-vault-2025-4656Vault Vulnerable to Recovery Key Cancellation Denial of Service2025-06-30vendor · osvUS
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.
- GO-2025-3788Vault Community Edition rekey and recovery key operations can cause denial of service in github.com/hashicorp/vault2025-07-28vendor · osvUS
Vault Community Edition rekey and recovery key operations can cause denial of service in github.com/hashicorp/vault
also known as (7)
Other names and identifiers for this entity.
sources
Which sources assert this record, and when.
references (5)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2025-4656cnnvd
- https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2025-11-vault-vulnerable-to-recovery-key-cancellation-denial-of-service/75570cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-4656cnnvd
- https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2025-11-vault-vulnerable-to-recovery-key-cancellation-denial-of-service/75570enisa_euvd
- https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2025-11-vault-vulnerable-to-recovery-key-cancellation-denial-of-service/75570Vendor Advisorynvd
Attackers weaponise vulnerabilities like this against internet-exposed services. See what is exposed on your perimeter with a free passive scan.
Free scan