Credential interception via unverified CA retrieval
Published Feb 25, 2026 · Updated Feb 25, 2026
Improper certificate validation in affected SUSE Rancher releases allows man-in-the-middle attackers to intercept CLI logins. During rancher login, the CLI accepts a CA fetched from Rancher's cacerts setting over the connection whose identity verification was disabled. Exploitation requires a self-signed CA setup, omission of --cacert, user-initiated login, and network-level interception; exposed basic authentication headers can be read.
Summary
What happened
Improper certificate validation in affected SUSE Rancher releases allows man-in-the-middle attackers to intercept CLI logins. During rancher login, the CLI accepts a CA fetched from Rancher's cacerts setting over the connection whose identity verification was disabled. Exploitation requires a self-signed CA setup, omission of --cacert, user-initiated login, and network-level interception; exposed basic authentication headers can be read.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-67601
- Published
- Feb 25, 2026
- Updated
- Feb 25, 2026
- Vendor
- NeuVector
- Product
- Rancher
- Classifications
- CWE-295, T1557
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Feb 25, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Feb 25, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=0 <0.0.0-20260129092249-bb0625fd1896
- Affected versionversion=2.10.0 <2.10.11
- Affected versionversion=2.11.0 <2.11.10
- Affected versionversion=2.12.0 <2.12.6
- Affected versionversion=2.13.0 <2.13.2
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