CVE-2025-54471
MEDIUMCVE-2025-54471 is a medium-severity (CVSS 6.5) CWE-321 vulnerability in github.com/neuvector/neuvector. O3 Security confirms whether CVE-2025-54471 is actually reachable in your code before you act, and blocks exploitation at runtime until you patch.
NeuVector is shipping cryptographic material into its binary
Blast Radius
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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
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🐹Go | github.com/neuvector/neuvector | ≥ 5.3.0&&< 5.4.7 | 5.4.7 |
| 🐹Go | github.com/neuvector/neuvector | ≥ 0.0.0-20230727023453-1c4957d53911&&< 0.0.0-20251020133207-084a437033b4 | 0.0.0-20251020133207-084a437033b4 |
Detection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for github.com/neuvector/neuvector. O3's reachability analysis confirms whether the vulnerable code path is actually invoked in your application, so you act on real exposure instead of every transitive match.
Fix
Update github.com/neuvector/neuvector to 5.4.7 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2025-54471 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.
How O3 protects you
O3 pinpoints whether CVE-2025-54471 is reachable in your code and exactly where to fix it, then blocks exploitation in production at runtime until the patched version is deployed.
Tailored to CVE-2025-54471. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is CVE-2025-54471 in your dependencies?
O3 detects CVE-2025-54471 across Go dependencies and uses function-level reachability to confirm whether the vulnerable code path is actually reachable — not just present. No false positives.