What is CVE-2025-62878?

CVE-2025-62878 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Suse Rancher, classified under Relative Path Traversal. CVSS score: 9.9/10. Published 2026-02-25.

How severe is CVE-2025-62878?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.9 out of 10.

Is CVE-2025-62878 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Path Traversal in Suse Rancher

CVE-2025-62878

A malicious user can manipulate the parameters.pathPattern to create PersistentVolumes in arbitrary locations on the host node, potentially overwriting sensitive files or gaining access to unintended directories.

EPSS: 0.000 (9.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.9 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Suse Rancher — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-23 — Relative Path Traversal

Public proof-of-concept exploits

kinokopio/CVE-2025-62878

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-62878?: CVE-2025-62878 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Suse Rancher, classified under Relative Path Traversal. CVSS score: 9.9/10. Published 2026-02-25.
How severe is CVE-2025-62878?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.9 out of 10.
Is CVE-2025-62878 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.