{"id":"CVE-2025-12044","revision":"45cf6a2ed9eb41b9a7c0cbe067b43514","records":[{"revision":"45cf6a2ed9eb41b9a7c0cbe067b43514","observedAt":"2026-10-25T01:17:23.283+00:00","statement":{"source":"nvd","id":"CVE-2025-12044","aliases":[],"title":"Vault and Vault Enterprise (“Vault”) 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-2025-2…","description":"Vault and Vault Enterprise (“Vault”) 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.","state":0,"publishedAt":"2025-10-23T20:15:37.607+00:00","modifiedAt":"2026-10-18T21:10:00.12+00:00","affected":[],"metrics":[{"system":"CVSS 3.1 · security@hashicorp.com · Secondary","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH"}],"references":["https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2025-31-vault-vulnerable-to-denial-of-service-due-to-rate-limit-regression/76710"],"sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-12044","license":"NIST NVD usage terms; underlying source attribution retained","enrichment":{"sourceStatus":"Analyzed","weaknesses":["CWE-770"],"productCriteria":["cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*","cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*"],"sourceDates":{"published":"2025-10-23T20:15:37.607","lastModified":"2026-10-18T21:10:00.120"},"relatedAdvisories":[],"note":"NVD analysis and CPE criteria are source context, not proof that a package or your environment is affected. Complete affected data, logical configurations and SSVC are retained in the original JSON."},"key":"nvd:CVE-2025-12044","identifiers":["CVE-2025-12044"]},"retained":false,"historicalAffected":[]}],"coverage":[]}