CVE-2025-71423
As a result, workload secrets are exposed to any Kubernetes user with get or list permission on pods/logs.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.21%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Edgelesssys Contrast is a confidential-computing runtime for Kubernetes. In versions 1.9.0 before 1.12.2, the initializer logs the full NewMeshCert response — which contains the workload secret — to standard output at INFO level. As a result, workload secrets are exposed to any Kubernetes user with get or list permission on pods/logs. Because workload secrets are used for encrypted storage and Vault integration, those must also be considered compromised. This is a regression of GHSA-h5f8-crrq-4pw8.
- CVSS 4.0
- 8.5 HIGHCVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/M
- EPSS
- 0.21% probability · 10th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-532
- Source
- disclosure@vulncheck.com
EPSS moved from 0.2% on 27 September 2026 to 0.2% on 26 October 2026.
References
- https://github.com/edgelesssys/contrast/commit/5a5512c4af63c17bb66331e7bd2768a863b2f225
- https://github.com/edgelesssys/contrast/commit/cf58026b30c43fe7df91eac5322da02e1725d554
- https://github.com/edgelesssys/contrast/security/advisories/GHSA-vxg3-w9rv-rhr2
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/edgelesssys-contrast-before-1.12.2-workload-secrets-information-disclosure
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.