CVE-2025-4656: Vault Community Edition rekey and recovery key operations can cause denial of service

June 26, 2025 (updated June 27, 2025)

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

discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2025-11-vault-vulnerable-to-recovery-key-cancellation-denial-of-service/75570
github.com/advisories/GHSA-fhc2-8qx8-6vj7
github.com/hashicorp/vault
github.com/hashicorp/vault/pull/30794
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-4656

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