CVE-2025-54471 NeuVector is shipping cryptographic material into its binary
Attackers can extract hard-coded cryptographic keys from NeuVector binaries to decrypt sensitive stored configurations.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2025-54471?
CVE-2025-54471 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SUSE neuvector, published on 30 Oct 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
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.
Weakness: CWE-321
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-54471?
5 open source packages ship an affected version, including github.com/neuvector/neuvector.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
github.com/neuvector/neuvector Go | From 0.0.0-20230727023453-1c4957d53911 | 0.0.0-20251020133207-084a437033b4 |
github.com/neuvector/neuvector Go | From 0.0.0-20230727023453-1c4957d53911 | 0.0.0-20251020133207-084a437033b4 |
github.com/neuvector/neuvector Go | From 0.0.0-20230727023453-1c4957d53911 | 0.0.0-20251020133207-084a437033b4 |
github.com/neuvector/neuvector Go | From 5.3.0 | 5.4.7 |
github.com/neuvector/neuvector Go | From 5.3.0 | 5.4.7 |
How do I fix CVE-2025-54471?
Upgrade github.com/neuvector/neuvector to a fixed version for your release line: 0.0.0-20251020133207-084a437033b4 or 5.4.7.
Is CVE-2025-54471 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-54471 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-h773-7gf7-9m2x, GO-2025-4043.