CVE-2025-31991 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

No EPSS score available.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

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References

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

History

Mon, 13 Apr 2026 17:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
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Mon, 13 Apr 2026 16:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		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.
Title		HCL DevOps Velocity is susceptible to brute-force attacks
Weaknesses		CWE-307
References		https://support.hcl-software.com/csm?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0130138
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 6.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: HCL

Published: 2026-04-13T15:56:41.979Z

Updated: 2026-04-13T17:11:10.727Z

Reserved: 2025-04-01T18:46:35.960Z

Link: CVE-2025-31991

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-04-13T17:11:03.941Z

NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-04-13T16:16:24.110

Modified: 2026-04-13T16:16:24.110

Link: CVE-2025-31991

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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