Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in Vault and Vault Enterprise - CVE-2025-12044
Published: October 24, 2025 / Updated: November 25, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU117644
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-12044
CWE-ID: CWE-770
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: HashiCorp
Affected software:
Vault
Vault Enterprise
Vault
Vault Enterprise
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to rate limit regression when processing JSON payloads. A remote attacker can cause a denial of service condition on the target system.
How to mitigate CVE-2025-12044
Install updates from vendor's website.