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title: "CVE-2025-8077: NeuVector admin account has insecure default password"
url: https://erroneo.us/security/cve/CVE-2025-8077/
description: "CVE-2025-8077 (github.com/neuvector/neuvector (Go)): A vulnerability exists in NeuVector versions up to and including 5.4.5, where a fixed string is used as…"
type: vulnerability-record
section: "Security Digest"
date_published: 2025-09-17
date_modified: 2026-07-02
publisher: erroneo.us
author: erroneo.us Security Desk
cve: "CVE-2025-8077"
kev: false
cvss: 9.8
epss: 0.00558
license: All rights reserved. Quote with attribution and a link.
---

# CVE-2025-8077: NeuVector admin account has insecure default password

**Signal:** Critical and remotely reachable. No known exploitation yet, but it is network-reachable without credentials. (Computed from CISA KEV, EPSS and CVSS; not an editorial verdict.)

## Should you act?

- No confirmed exploitation. It is not in CISA’s KEV catalog and CISA’s SSVC assessment records no known exploitation. That can change quickly after a public write-up; re-check if you are affected.
- EPSS 0.6% , percentile 46: FIRST’s model estimates a 0.6% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, higher than 46% of all scored CVEs (low). EPSS is a probability, not a verdict.
- Remotely reachable with no login and no user interaction. If the vulnerable service is exposed to the internet, prioritize it.
- Only applies if your dependency tree includes github.com/neuvector/neuvector (Go) < 0.0.0-20250825191744-da1a462074c3, fixed in 0.0.0-20250825191744-da1a462074c3 . Check your lockfile, including transitive dependencies.

## What it is

A vulnerability exists in NeuVector versions up to and including 5.4.5, where a fixed string is used as the default password for the built-in admin account. If this password is not changed immediately after deployment, any workload with network access within the cluster could use the default credentials to obtain an authentication token. This token can then be used to perform any operation via NeuVector APIs.

## Affected packages

- Go `github.com/neuvector/neuvector` < 0.0.0-20250825191744-da1a462074c3 → fixed: 0.0.0-20250825191744-da1a462074c3

## Affected products (CVE record)

- SUSE neuvector: 5.0.0 < 5.4.6

## Severity

- suse CVSS 3.1: 9.8 `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`
- GitHub CVSS 3.1: 9.8 `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`

## Exploitation

- CISA KEV: not listed (no confirmed in-the-wild exploitation known to CISA).
- CISA SSVC assessment: exploitation none , automatable yes , technical impact total .
- FIRST EPSS (model of 2026-10-21): 0.56% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days; percentile 46.

## Sources

- [GitHub Advisory GHSA-8pxw-9c75-6w56](https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8pxw-9c75-6w56)
- [CVE.org record CVE-2025-8077](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-8077)
- [NVD entry CVE-2025-8077](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-8077)
- [bugzilla.suse.com](https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2025-8077)
- [github.com](https://github.com/neuvector/neuvector/security/advisories/GHSA-8pxw-9c75-6w56)

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