Is CVE-2025-71425 exploited in the wild?

No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2025-71425 being exploited in the wild.

How severe is CVE-2025-71425?

High severity, with a CVSS score of 7.3, published 27 September 2026.

Which products and versions are affected?

Edgeless Systems Contrast before 1.8.1.

Is there a fix for CVE-2025-71425?

A patch was published on 2025-05-27: Version 1.8.1 released Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.

How is CVE-2025-71425 attacked?

It is attacked from the adjacent network, in a software library.

Am I affected by CVE-2025-71425?

Check whether you run Edgeless Systems Contrast at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

CVE-2025-71425: Contrast workload secret information disclosure in logs

CVE-2025-71425 · Severity: high · CVSS 7.3 · Published 2026-09-27

Contrast, a confidential computing platform for Kubernetes, logs sensitive workload secrets to standard error and thus Kubernetes logs by default. This exposes cryptographic secrets to anyone with permission to read pod logs in Kubernetes, or to cloud providers with access to log storage. Organizations using Contrast with workload secrets are at risk unless they explicitly configure a higher log level.

Technologies: Edgeless Systems Contrast. Vendors: Edgeless Systems.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2025-71425 exploited in the wild?: No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2025-71425 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2025-71425?: High severity, with a CVSS score of 7.3, published 27 September 2026.
Which products and versions are affected?: Edgeless Systems Contrast before 1.8.1.
Is there a fix for CVE-2025-71425?: A patch was published on 2025-05-27: Version 1.8.1 released Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
How is CVE-2025-71425 attacked?: It is attacked from the adjacent network, in a software library.
Am I affected by CVE-2025-71425?: Check whether you run Edgeless Systems Contrast at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

Technical details

The Contrast initializer writes workload secrets to stderr when CONTRAST_LOG_LEVEL is set to "info" (the default) or "debug". Kubernetes automatically captures container stderr as logs, exposing secrets to users with pods/logs get or list RBAC permissions and to infrastructure operators. The vulnerability affects all default Contrast installations; only deployments that disable workload secrets or explicitly raise the log level are unaffected.

Affected products

Edgeless Systems Contrast before 1.8.1

Timeline

2025-05-27: disclosed
2025-05-27: patched: Version 1.8.1 released
2025-09-27: advisory

References

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