What is GHSA-fhc2-8qx8-6vj7?

GHSA-fhc2-8qx8-6vj7 is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with Low severity. Vault Community Edition rekey and recovery key operations can cause denial of service

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-fhc2-8qx8-6vj7 cover?

GHSA-fhc2-8qx8-6vj7 covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2025-4656. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-fhc2-8qx8-6vj7?

GHSA-fhc2-8qx8-6vj7 has a CVSS v3 base score of 3.1, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

Which products are affected by GHSA-fhc2-8qx8-6vj7?

GHSA-fhc2-8qx8-6vj7 affects 1 product, including: go/github.com/hashicorp/vault:\u003e= 1.14.8, \u003c 1.20.0.

GHSA-fhc2-8qx8-6vj7LowCVSS 3.1

Vault Community Edition rekey and recovery key operations can cause denial of service

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

June 26, 2025

Last Modified

June 27, 2025

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2025-4656 →

📋 Description

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.

🎯 Affected products1

go/github.com/hashicorp/vault:>= 1.14.8, < 1.20.0

🔗 References (4)

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