CVE-2025-54469 | NeuVector Enforcer is vulnerable to Command Injection and Buffer overflow

A vulnerability was identified in NeuVector, where the enforcer used environment variables CLUSTER_RPC_PORT and CLUSTER_LAN_PORT to generate a command to be executed via popen, without first sanitising their values. The entry process of the enforcer container is the monitor process. When the enforcer container stops, the monitor process checks whether the consul subprocess has exited. To perform this check, the monitor process uses the popen function to execute a shell command that determines whether the ports used by the consul subprocess are still active. The values of environment variables CLUSTER_RPC_PORT and CLUSTER_LAN_PORT are used directly to compose shell commands via popen without validation or sanitization. This behavior could allow a malicious user to inject malicious commands through these variables within the enforcer container.

Published: 2025-10-30 Last update: 2026-04-15 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2025-54469 is rated Moderate Risk (45.6/100): CVSS Critical severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.06%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2025-54469

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-05-25 0.04% 0.06% +0.01%
2 2026-05-22 0.06% 0.04% -0.01%
3 2026-04-09 0.06%

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2025-54469

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.9 3.1 CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
3.1 6.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2025-54469

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2025-54469

GHSA-c8g6-qrwh-m3vp · Severity: critical · Ecosystem: go — NeuVector Enforcer is vulnerable to Command Injection and Buffer overflow

OS Trackers for CVE-2025-54469

vendor priority summary link
suse critical CVE-2025-54469 severity critical: SUSE including 1 source package names (govulncheck-vulndb-0.0.20251105T184115-1.1), 1 product×package rows across 1 product lines (openSUSE Tumbleweed): Fixed 1. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-54469/

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2025-54469

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
No affected products in dataset.

References for CVE-2025-54469

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