What is CVE-2025-31990?

CVE-2025-31990 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Hclsoftware Hcl Devops Velocity, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2026-02-07.

How severe is CVE-2025-31990?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in Hclsoftware Hcl Devops Velocity

CVE-2025-31990

Rate limiting for certain API calls is not being enforced, making HCL Velocity vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS) attacks. An attacker could flood the system with a large number of requests, overwhelming its resources and causing it to become unresponsive to legitimate users. This vulnerability is fixed in 5.1.7.

EPSS: 0.003 (16.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Hclsoftware Hcl Devops Velocity — versions <5.1.7

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-770 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

References

psirt@hcl.com

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-31990?: CVE-2025-31990 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Hclsoftware Hcl Devops Velocity, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2026-02-07.
How severe is CVE-2025-31990?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.