---
id: CVE-2025-62877
title: "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 cluste…"
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 cluste…"
severity: critical
cvss: 9.8
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'
cwe:
  - CWE-1188
published: '2026-01-08'
updated: '2026-09-30'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-30T23:10:00.237'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-62877'
references:
  - url: 'https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2025-62877'
    label: meissner@suse.de
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/harvester/harvester/security/advisories/GHSA-6g8q-hp2j-gvwv
    label: meissner@suse.de
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.00521
epssPercentile: 0.42088
ingestedAt: '2026-09-30T22:27:27.736Z'
---

## Overview

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.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.