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CVE-2025-71423: Edgelesssys Contrast before 1.12.2 Workload Secrets Information Disclosure

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-09-27 · updated 2026-10-14
• Weakness: CWE-532

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.

Affected products

• edgelesssys contrast: from 1.9.0 before 1.12.2 — fixed in 1.12.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: edgelesssys contrast 1.12.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

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

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