Description
A vulnerability has been identified within Fleet where, by default, Fleet will automatically trust a remote server’s certificate when connecting through SSH if the certificate isn’t set in the `known_hosts` file. This could allow the execution of a man-in-the-middle (MitM) attack against Fleet. In case the server that is being connected to has a trusted entry in the known_hosts file, then Fleet will correctly check the authenticity of the presented certificate.
Published: 2026-10-15
Score: 6.3 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2025-12541 Fleet doesn’t validate a server’s certificate when connecting through SSH
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-xgpc-q899-67p8 Fleet doesn’t validate a server’s certificate when connecting through SSH
History

Fri, 16 Oct 2026 20:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Suse
Suse fleet
Vendors & Products Suse
Suse fleet

Thu, 15 Oct 2026 15:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Thu, 15 Oct 2026 13:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description A vulnerability has been identified within Fleet where, by default, Fleet will automatically trust a remote server’s certificate when connecting through SSH if the certificate isn’t set in the `known_hosts` file. This could allow the execution of a man-in-the-middle (MitM) attack against Fleet. In case the server that is being connected to has a trusted entry in the known_hosts file, then Fleet will correctly check the authenticity of the presented certificate.
Title Fleet doesn’t validate a server’s certificate when connecting through SSH
Weaknesses CWE-295
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: suse

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-15T14:21:33.655Z

Reserved: 2025-01-15T12:39:03.324Z

Link: CVE-2025-23390

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-10-15T14:21:29.869Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-10-15T09:17:14.190

Modified: 2026-10-16T19:55:59.740

Link: CVE-2025-23390

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-10-16T22:15:06Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-295

    Improper Certificate Validation