Vulnerability · Published Oct 30, 2025 · Assigned by suse

CVE-2025-54471NeuVector is shipping cryptographic material into its binary

Medium 6.5

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in neuvector from SUSE. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 19% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 81.0% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

NeuVector used a hard-coded cryptographic key embedded in the source code. At compilation time, the key value was replaced with the secret key value and used to encrypt sensitive configurations when NeuVector stores the data.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Gogithub.com/neuvector/neuvector5.4.7GHSA-h773-7gf7-9m2x
Gogithub.com/neuvector/neuvector0.0.0-20251020133207-084a437033b4GHSA-h773-7gf7-9m2x
Gogithub.com/neuvector/neuvector0.0.0-20251020133207-084a437033b4GO-2025-4043

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
SUSE neuvector 5.3.0 – before 5.4.70.0.0-20230727023453-1c4957d53911 – before 0.0.0-20251020133207-084a437033b4

Weakness: CWE-321 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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