{"id":76095,"date":"2025-09-23T16:57:49","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T16:57:49","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-10-03T07:08:49","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T13:08:49","slug":"cve-2025-8077-neuvector-default-password-vulnerability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-8077-neuvector-default-password-vulnerability\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-8077: NeuVector Default Password Vulnerability<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The cybersecurity world is once again under threat due to a severe vulnerability, CVE-2025-8077. This vulnerability has been identified in NeuVector versions up to and including 5.4.5 and pertains to the use of a default password for the built-in `admin` account. If left unchanged after deployment, this vulnerability could <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-9253-stack-based-buffer-overflow-on-linksys-wi-fi-range-extenders-leading-to-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"84234\">potentially lead to system<\/a> compromise or data leakage. This vulnerability is of particular concern to businesses or industries that rely heavily on NeuVector for their operational needs, as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-7051-unauthorized-access-and-manipulation-of-syslog-configuration-in-n-central\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"84575\">unauthorized access<\/a> through this vulnerability could have devastating effects on their systems and data.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-8077<br \/>\nSeverity: Critical (9.8 CVSS Score)<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Network<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: None<br \/>\nUser Interaction: None<br \/>\nImpact: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-9791-critical-vulnerability-in-tenda-ac20-16-03-08-05-leading-to-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"85052\">Potential system<\/a> compromise or data leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-3155966542\" class=\"ameeb-content-2 ameeb-entity-placement\"><div style=\"border-left: 4px solid #555; padding-left: 20px; margin: 48px 0; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: #ffffff; line-height: 1.6; max-width: 700px;\">\r\n  <h2 style=\"margin-top: 0; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 600; display: flex; align-items: center;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"display: inline-flex; align-items: center; margin-right: 8px;\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Best-App-icon-Ameeba.png\" alt=\"Ameeba Chat Icon\" style=\"width: 40px; height: 40px;\" \/>\r\n    <\/a>\r\n    A new way to communicate\r\n  <\/h2>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 12px;\">\r\n    Ameeba Chat is built on encrypted identity, not personal profiles.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 16px;\">\r\n    Message, call, share files, and coordinate with identities kept separate.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <ul style=\"list-style: none; padding-left: 0; margin-bottom: 20px;\">\r\n    <li>\u2022 Encrypted identity<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Ameeba Chat authenticates access<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Aliases and categories<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 End-to-end encrypted chat, calls, and files<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Secure notes for sensitive information<\/li>\r\n  <\/ul>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\r\n    Private communication, rethought.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <div style=\"display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 12px;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\/download\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Download Ameeba Chat<\/a>\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ffffff; color: #ffffff; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Learn More<\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Product | Affected Versions<\/p>\n<p>NeuVector | Up to and including 5.4.5<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The vulnerability CVE-2025-8077 arises from the use of a fixed string as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-39247-unauthenticated-admin-access-control-vulnerability-in-hikcentral-professional-versions\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"86131\">default password<\/a> for the built-in `admin` account in NeuVector. If this password is not changed immediately after deployment, any workload within the cluster with network access can use these <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-24322-unsafe-default-authentication-vulnerability-in-tenda-ac6\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"85092\">default credentials to obtain an authentication<\/a> token. This token can then be used to perform any operation via the NeuVector APIs, thereby <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-0610-csrf-vulnerability-in-akinsoft-qr-menu-leading-to-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"85198\">potentially compromising the system<\/a> or causing data leakage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-323209021\" class=\"ameeb-content ameeb-entity-placement\"><div class=\"poptin-embedded\" data-id=\"f6b387694f681\"><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Below is a conceptual example of how this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-8592-wordpress-inspiro-theme-vulnerability-to-cross-site-request-forgery-csrf\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"85455\">vulnerability might be exploited using a simple HTTP request:<\/a><\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">POST \/neuvector\/api\/v2\/auth\/login HTTP\/1.1\nHost: target.example.com\nContent-Type: application\/json\n{\n&quot;username&quot;: &quot;admin&quot;,\n&quot;password&quot;: &quot;defaultpassword&quot;\n}<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In this example, an attacker uses the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-35452-default-shared-credentials-vulnerability-in-ptzoptics-and-other-valuehd-based-cameras\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"87742\">default `admin` credentials<\/a> to authenticate against the NeuVector API. Once authenticated, the attacker could potentially perform any operation via the NeuVector APIs, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-9780-totolink-a702r-vulnerability-could-lead-to-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"85148\">leading to system<\/a> compromise or data leakage.<br \/>\nTo protect against this vulnerability, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-9114-critical-arbitrary-user-password-change-vulnerability-in-doccure-wordpress-theme\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"88281\">users are urged to change the default `admin` password<\/a> immediately after deployment. As a temporary mitigation, a WAF\/IDS could be used, or you could apply the vendor patch as soon as it becomes available.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview The cybersecurity world is once again under threat due to a severe vulnerability, CVE-2025-8077. This vulnerability has been identified in NeuVector versions up to and including 5.4.5 and pertains to the use of a default password for the built-in `admin` account. If left unchanged after deployment, this vulnerability could potentially lead to system compromise [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"vendor":[],"product":[],"attack_vector":[],"asset_type":[],"severity":[],"exploit_status":[],"class_list":["post-76095","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76095","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76095"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76095\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81090,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76095\/revisions\/81090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76095"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76095"},{"taxonomy":"vendor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vendor?post=76095"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=76095"},{"taxonomy":"attack_vector","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/attack_vector?post=76095"},{"taxonomy":"asset_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/asset_type?post=76095"},{"taxonomy":"severity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/severity?post=76095"},{"taxonomy":"exploit_status","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exploit_status?post=76095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}