CVE-2025-62877

Jan. 8, 2026, 6:08 p.m.

9.8
Critical

Description

Projects using the SUSE Virtualization (Harvester) environment may expose the OS default ssh login password  if they are using the 1.5.x or 1.6.x interactive installer to either create a new cluster or add new hosts to an existing cluster. The environment is not affected if the PXE boot mechanism is utilized along with the Harvester configuration setup.

Product(s) Impacted

Vendor Product Versions
Suse
  • Harvester
  • 1.5.*, 1.6.*

Weaknesses

Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.

CWE-1188
Initialization of a Resource with an Insecure Default
The product initializes or sets a resource with a default that is intended to be changed by the administrator, but the default is not secure.

*CPE(s)

Affected systems and software identified for this CVE.

Type Vendor Product Version Update Edition Language Software Edition Target Software Target Hardware Other Information
a suse harvester 1.5.* / / / / / / /
a suse harvester 1.6.* / / / / / / /

References

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2025-62877
https://github.com/harvester/harvester/security/advisories/GHSA-6g8q-hp2j-gvwv

Tags

CWE-1188
meissner@suse.de
2026-01-08
CVE-2025-62877

CVSS Score

9.8 / 10

CVSS Data - 3.1

  • Attack Vector: NETWORK
  • Attack Complexity: LOW
  • Privileges Required: NONE
  • Scope: UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact: HIGH
  • Integrity Impact: HIGH
  • Availability Impact: HIGH

    • CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Timeline

Published: Jan. 8, 2026, 1:15 p.m.
Last Modified: Jan. 8, 2026, 6:08 p.m.

Status : Awaiting Analysis

CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.

More info

Source

meissner@suse.de

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