2026-09-27 1:28CVE-2025-71423VulnCheck
PUBLISHED5.2CWE-532

Edgelesssys Contrast before 1.12.2 Workload Secrets Information Disclosure

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.

Problem type

Affected products

edgelesssys

contrast

< 1.12.2 - AFFECTED

1.12.2 - UNAFFECTED

References

GitHub Security Advisories

GHSA-8rwq-r56x-hx8f

Edgelesssys Contrast is a confidential-computing runtime for Kubernetes. In versions 1.9.0 before...

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8rwq-r56x-hx8f

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.

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https://cveawg.mitre.org/api/cve/CVE-2025-71423
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