CVE-2025-62877 CRITICAL

CVE-2025-62877: Harvest may expose OS default ssh login password via SUSE Virtualization Interactive Installer

Vendor Suse
Product harvester
Weakness CWE-1188
Published January 8, 2026
Last update January 8, 2026
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CVSS base score

9.8/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

January 8, 2026 CVE published
January 8, 2026 Record updated