Vulnerability · CVE-2025-62879
A vulnerability has been identified within the Rancher Backup Operator, resulting in the leakage of S3 tokens (both accessKey and secretKey) into the rancher-backup-op…
Published Mar 4, 2026 · catalog updated Jun 17, 2026 · rancher backup and restore operator
Check if you run it
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-62879. EPSS is 0.35%. Act only if a listed version of rancher backup and restore operator is installed.
Gaps on this record
- No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
- No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
- Severity
- Medium4.9
- Known exploitation
- Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 0.35%
- Remediation
- Advisory link
- Affected products
- cpe suse/rancher backup and restore operator
A vulnerability has been identified within the Rancher Backup Operator, resulting in the leakage of S3 tokens (both accessKey and secretKey) into the rancher-backup-operator pod's logs.
Are you affected?
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- cpe suse/rancher backup and restore operatorversion unspecified
How to fix CVE-2025-62879
Recommended remediation
A patch or advisory reference is linked. Open the original publisher for availability by product version.
Official advisories
What to do
Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.
Should you patch?
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-62879. EPSS is 0.35%. Act only if a listed version of rancher backup and restore operator is installed.
Which versions are affected?
Affected version ranges are not on this record. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.
What should an analyst verify?
CWE-532: Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File. EPSS 0.35%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.
Code
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No public source repository is identified for this product.
Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
Mar 4, 2026 · NIST NVD
Detected
A vulnerability has been identified within the Rancher Backup Operator, resulting in the leakage of S3 tokens (both accessKey and secretKey) into the rancher-backup-operator pod's logs.
Jun 17, 2026 · NIST NVD
Updated
A vulnerability has been identified within the Rancher Backup Operator, resulting in the leakage of S3 tokens (both accessKey and secretKey) into the rancher-backup-operator pod's logs.
Sources
- CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-62879
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-62879
30-day exploitation probability 0.3%
first.org - NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2025-62879
A vulnerability has been identified within the Rancher Backup Operator, resulting in the leakage of S3 tokens (both accessKey and secretKey) into the rancher-backup-operator pod's logs.
nvd.nist.gov
References
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.