CVE-2025-4656

Low

Description

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.

SeverityLow
CVSS3.1
Exploit probability—
ProductHashicorp Vault
PublishedJun 25, 2025
First seenJun 25, 2025
Weakness typeCWE-1088CWE-1088

How to fix

Update
  • hashicorp vault1.16.22, 1.20.0, 1.17.17, 1.18.11, 1.19.6 or later
  • github.com/hashicorp/vault1.20.0 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
hashicorp vault1.14.8 ≤ v < 1.16.22, 1.14.8 ≤ v < 1.20.0, 1.17.0 ≤ v < 1.17.17, 1.18.0 ≤ v < 1.18.11, 1.19.0 ≤ v < 1.19.61.16.22, 1.20.0, 1.17.17, 1.18.11, 1.19.6
github.com/hashicorp/vaultGo1.14.8 ≤ v < 1.20.01.20.0

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