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SCA: security update for github.com/hashicorp/vault (GHSA-vp5w-xcfc-73wf)
high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 435779
Description
There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:- 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] 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. (CVE-2025-12044)
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Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 435779
Version: Revision 1.9
Type: Local
Family: SCA Checks
Published: 10/24/2025
Updated: 7/2/2026
Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3
Percentile: 23.65
Vendor
Vendor Severity: High
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.8
Temporal Score: 5.8
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-12044
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 6.5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 10/23/2025
Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/23/2025
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2025-12044
cwe: CWE-770