Medium severity · published Sep 17, 2025
CVE-2025-53884
NeuVector has an insecure password storage vulnerable to rainbow attack
5.3
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
NeuVector stores user passwords and API keys using a simple, unsalted hash. This method is vulnerable to rainbow table attack (offline attack where hashes of known passwords are precomputed).
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 7% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
NE
neuvector · SUSE
5.0.0 before 5.4.6 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-53884
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-53884
bugzilla.suse.com
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2025-53884
github.com
https://github.com/neuvector/neuvector/security/advisories/GHSA-8ff6-pc43-jwv3
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