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Vulnerability · CVE-2025-31990

Rate limiting for certain API calls is not being enforced, making HCL Velocity vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS) attacks.

Published Feb 7, 2026 · catalog updated Feb 9, 2026 · HCLSoftware HCL DevOps Velocity

Last checked Nov 4, 2026. A connected source was read within the last 7 days.

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-31990. EPSS is 0.30%. Act only if a listed version of HCLSoftware HCL DevOps Velocity is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
Medium6.8
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.30%
Remediation
Version ranges on file
Affected products
vendor HCLSoftware HCL DevOps Velocity <5.1.7

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.

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • vendor HCLSoftware HCL DevOps Velocity <5.1.7<5.1.7

How to fix CVE-2025-31990

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-31990. EPSS is 0.30%. Act only if a listed version of HCLSoftware HCL DevOps Velocity is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with HCLSoftware HCL DevOps Velocity <5.1.7 <5.1.7. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.30%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Feb 7, 2026 · EUVD

    Detected

    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.

  2. Feb 9, 2026 · EUVD

    Updated

    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.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-31990

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-31990

    30-day exploitation probability 0.30%

    first.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-206899

    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.

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Nov 4, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.

  • FIRST EPSSNov 4, 2026
  • CVE.orgNov 4, 2026
  • EUVDNov 3, 2026