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TI-2025-43672 Aliases GHSA-h5f8-crrq-4pw8

Contrast workload secrets leak to logs on INFO level

Priority LOW 38CWE-532Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
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Privileges required
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User interaction
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Attack complexity
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Impact type
Information disclosure
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
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Fix status
Fixed

No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from GitHub. Impact type from CWE-532.

Summary

### Impact When the Contrast initializer is configured with a `CONTRAST_LOG_LEVEL` of `info` or `debug`, the workload secret is logged to `stderr` and written to Kubernetes logs. Since `info` is the default setting, this affects all Contrast installations that don't customize their initializers' log level. The following audiences are **intended** to have access to workload secrets (see https://docs.edgeless.systems/contrast/1.7/architecture/secrets#workload-secrets): * Contrast Coordinator (can derive all workload secrets) * Contrast Initializer (obtains only the secret configured in the manifest) * Seedshare owner (can derive all workload secrets) * Workload owner (can update manifests to obtain secrets) This vulnerability allows the following parties **unintended access** to workload secrets issued by a Coordinator: * Kubernetes users with `get` or `list` permission on `pods/logs`. * Others with read access to the Kubernetes log storage (most notably, the cloud provider). This vulnerability **does not affect** scenarios where workload secrets are not used by the application (directly or with [secure persistence](https://docs.edgeless.systems/contrast/1.7/architecture/secrets#secure-persistence)). Applications designed for workload owner exclusion can't use workload secrets and are thus unaffected. ### Patches N/A ### Workarounds This vulnerability can be mitigated by adding an environment variable `CONTRAST_LOG_LEVEL=warn` to the initializer after running `contrast generate`, and then running `contrast generate` again. ### References N/A

Why it matters now

Fix Fixed github.com/edgelesssys/contrast (Go): 1.8.1

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
—github.com/edgelesssys/contrast (Go)before 1.8.11.8.1Patch availableGHSA-h5f8-crrq-4pw8
  • github.com/edgelesssys/contrast (Go) Vendor— Affected before 1.8.1 Fixed in 1.8.1 Patch available GHSA-h5f8-crrq-4pw8

Remediation

  • Fix · GHSA-h5f8-crrq-4pw8 github.com/edgelesssys/contrast (Go) Fixed in 1.8.1 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-03 Threatist record created from GHSA-h5f8-crrq-4pw8

References

Sources

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