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SCA: security update for github.com/neuvector/neuvector (GHSA-8pxw-9c75-6w56)

critical Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 435144

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - 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.
 (CVE-2025-8077)

Solution

Update the github.com/neuvector/neuvector library and its related packages to version 0.0.0-20250825191744-da1a462074c3 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8pxw-9c75-6w56

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 435144

Version: Revision 1.9

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/28/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.51

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-8077

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/28/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/28/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-8077