CVE-2025-12044

{"id": "CVE-2025-12044", "cveTags": [], "metrics": {"cvssMetricV31": [{"type": "Secondary", "source": "security@hashicorp.com", "cvssData": {"scope": "UNCHANGED", "version": "3.1", "baseScore": 7.5, "attackVector": "NETWORK", "baseSeverity": "HIGH", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H", "integrityImpact": "NONE", "userInteraction": "NONE", "attackComplexity": "LOW", "availabilityImpact": "HIGH", "privilegesRequired": "NONE", "confidentialityImpact": "NONE"}, "impactScore": 3.6, "exploitabilityScore": 3.9}]}, "published": "2025-10-23T20:15:37.607", "references": [{"url": "https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2025-31-vault-vulnerable-to-denial-of-service-due-to-rate-limit-regression/76710", "source": "security@hashicorp.com"}], "vulnStatus": "Received", "weaknesses": [{"type": "Secondary", "source": "security@hashicorp.com", "description": [{"lang": "en", "value": "CWE-770"}]}], "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "Vault and Vault Enterprise (\u201cVault\u201d) 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]\u00a0 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."}], "lastModified": "2025-10-23T20:15:37.607", "sourceIdentifier": "security@hashicorp.com"}