CVE-2025-4656 Affecting vault package, versions <1.20.0-r0
Threat Intelligence
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- published6 Oct 2025
- disclosed25 Jun 2025
Introduced: 25 Jun 2025
CVE-2025-4656 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Minimos:latest vault to version 1.20.0-r0 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream vault package and not the vault package as distributed by Minimos.
See How to fix? for Minimos:latest relevant fixed versions and status.
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.
References
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-4656
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-fhc2-8qx8-6vj7
- https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MINI-7c2c-9m94-8x9j
- https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-4656
- https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2025-11-vault-vulnerable-to-recovery-key-cancellation-denial-of-service/75570