---
id: CVE-2025-31991
title: "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."
summary: "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."
severity: medium
cvss: 6.8
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N'
cwe:
  - CWE-307
vendor: hcltech
product: devops_velocity
affected:
  - devops_velocity < 5.1.7
patched:
  - devops_velocity 5.1.7
published: '2026-04-13'
updated: '2026-07-07'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-31991'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://support.hcl-software.com/csm?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0130138
    label: psirt@hcl.com
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.00228
epssPercentile: 0.13752
ingestedAt: '2026-07-07T18:42:24.227Z'
---

## Overview

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.

## Affected

- `devops_velocity < 5.1.7`

## Remediation

Upgrade past the affected range:

- `devops_velocity 5.1.7`