CVE-2025-31991

Rate Limiting for attempting a user login is not being properly enforced, making HCL DevOps Velocity susceptible to brute-force attacks past the unsuccessful login attempt limit. This vulnerability is fixed in 5.1.7.

CVSS v3 6.8 MEDIUM

6.8^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.3 / Impact : 4.0

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required HIGH

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact NONE

Scope CHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://support.hcl-software.com/csm?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0130138	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:hcltech:devops_velocity:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2026-04-13 16:16

Updated : 2026-07-07 17:59

NVD link : CVE-2025-31991

Mitre link : CVE-2025-31991

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-31991

JSON object : View

Products Affected

hcltech

devops_velocity

CWE

CWE-307

Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts

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