A malicious user may submit a specially-crafted complex payload that otherwise meets the default request size…
Historical advisory recorded 25 Oct 2026 03:17:27 UTC. Read the latest advisory.
nvd · CVE-2025-6203
PublishedA malicious user may submit a specially-crafted complex payload that otherwise meets the default request size limit which results in excessive memory and CPU consumption of Vault. This may lead to a timeout in Vault’s auditing subroutine, potentially resulting in the Vault server to become unresponsive. This vulnerability, CVE-2025-6203, is fixed in Vault Community Edition 1.20.3 and Vault Enterprise 1.20.3, 1.19.9, 1.18.14, and 1.16.25.
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nvd · CVE-2025-6203
PublishedA malicious user may submit a specially-crafted complex payload that otherwise meets the default request size limit which results in excessive memory and CPU consumption of Vault. This may lead to a timeout in Vault’s auditing subroutine, p…
A malicious user may submit a specially-crafted complex payload that otherwise meets the default request size limit which results in excessive memory and CPU consumption of Vault. This may lead to a timeout in Vault’s auditing subroutine, potentially resulting in the Vault server to become unresponsive. This vulnerability, CVE-2025-6203, is fixed in Vault Community Edition 1.20.3 and Vault Enterprise 1.20.3, 1.19.9, 1.18.14, and 1.16.25.
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Source analysis status: Analyzed
Weakness classifications: CWE-770
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published: 2025-08-28T20:15:43.817
lastModified: 2026-09-26T00:10:00.127
2 source CPE criteria · context only
- cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
The original JSON retains the logical configuration operators, exclusions and version bounds.
- Source published
- 28 Aug 2025 20:15:43 UTC
- Source modified
- 26 Sep 2026 00:10:00 UTC
- Saved here
- 25 Oct 2026 03:17:27 UTC
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- NIST NVD usage terms; underlying source attribution retained
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CVSS 3.1 · [email protected] · Secondary · 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H