CVE-2025-62877

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.

SeverityCritical
CVSS9.8
Exploit probability—
ProductGithub.com/harvester/harvester-installer
PublishedJan 8, 2026
First seenJan 8, 2026
Weakness typeCWE-1188CWE-1188

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
github.com/harvester/harvester-installerGo1.6.0 ≤ v ≤ 1.6.1, 1.5.0 ≤ v ≤ 1.5.2, 1.5.0 ≤ v, 1.6.0 ≤ v—

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