What is CVE-2025-8077?

CVE-2025-8077 is a critical-severity vulnerability in SUSE Neuvector, classified under CWE-1393. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2025-09-17.

How severe is CVE-2025-8077?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in SUSE Neuvector

CVE-2025-8077

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.

EPSS: 0.006 (44.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Suse Neuvector — versions 5.0.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-1393

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-8077?: CVE-2025-8077 is a critical-severity vulnerability in SUSE Neuvector, classified under CWE-1393. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2025-09-17.
How severe is CVE-2025-8077?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.