Critical severity · published Feb 25, 2026
CVE-2025-62878
Local Path Provisioner vulnerable to Path Traversal via parameters.pathPattern
9.9
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.6% · higher than 51% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
RA
Rancher · SUSE
before 0.0.34 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-62878
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-62878
bugzilla.suse.com
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2025-62878
github.com
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-jr3w-9vfr-c746
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