Harvest may expose OS default ssh login password via SUSE Virtualization Interactive Installer
Priority MEDIUM 49CWE-1188Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub.
Summary
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.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00514 44th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SUSE | harvester | 1.6.0; 1.5.0 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| — | github.com/harvester/harvester-installer (Go) | 1.6.0 – 1.6.1 | — | No fix listed | GHSA-6g8q-hp2j-gvwv |
| — | github.com/harvester/harvester-installer (Go) | 1.5.0 – 1.5.2 | — | No fix listed | GHSA-6g8q-hp2j-gvwv |
- harvester VendorSUSE Affected 1.6.0; 1.5.0 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- github.com/harvester/harvester-installer (Go) Vendor— Affected 1.6.0 – 1.6.1 Fixed in — No fix listed GHSA-6g8q-hp2j-gvwv
- github.com/harvester/harvester-installer (Go) Vendor— Affected 1.5.0 – 1.5.2 Fixed in — No fix listed GHSA-6g8q-hp2j-gvwv
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-62877
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-6g8q-hp2j-gvwv
References
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Sources
- CVE-2025-62877 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-62877 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-6g8q-hp2j-gvwv · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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