CVE-2025-71261
Harvester's SUSE Virtualization Registration Client Vulnerable to MITM and DOS
HIGH
8.6
CVSS Score
Published: June 16, 2026 at 03:42 PM UTC
Updated: October 7, 2026 at 08:10 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorHarvester
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Severity
HIGH8.6
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%
SSVC
No known exploit
Description
An attacker with network-level access between the SUSE Virtualization and Rancher Manager in SUSE Harvester before 1.8.0 could interfere with the TLS handshake and abuse it to bypass TLS as a security control.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (1)
Vendor Advisory
Source: cverecord
https://github.com/harvester/harvester/security/advisories/GHSA-pgh9-mpwc-8jjfSSVC — Action Prioritization
SSVCNo known exploitAutomatablePartial impact
SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.
CVSS
8.6HIGHsuse
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- LOW
- Integrity
- LOW
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusAWAITING ANALYSIS
CWE
CWE-295
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