---
id: CVE-2025-71425
title: >-
  Contrast (Edgeless Systems) before 1.8.1 logs the workload secret to stderr,
  and thus to Kubernetes logs, when the Contrast initializer is configured with
  CONTRAST_LOG_LEVEL set to info or debug
summary: >-
  Contrast (Edgeless Systems) before 1.8.1 logs the workload secret to stderr,
  and thus to Kubernetes logs, when the Contrast initializer is configured with
  CONTRAST_LOG_LEVEL set to info or debug. Because info is the default, all
  installa…
severity: high
cvss: 7.3
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N'
cwe:
  - CWE-532
vendor: edgelesssys
product: contrast
affected:
  - contrast < 1.8.1
published: '2026-09-27'
updated: '2026-09-27'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-27T02:17:16.797'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-71425'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/edgelesssys/contrast/security/advisories/GHSA-h5f8-crrq-4pw8
    label: disclosure@vulncheck.com
  - url: >-
      https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/contrast-before-1.8.1-information-disclosure-via-logging
    label: disclosure@vulncheck.com
tags:
  - nvd
  - cve.org
ingestedAt: '2026-09-27T02:41:45.563Z'
---

## Overview

Contrast (Edgeless Systems) before 1.8.1 logs the workload secret to stderr, and thus to Kubernetes logs, when the Contrast initializer is configured with CONTRAST_LOG_LEVEL set to info or debug. Because info is the default, all installations that do not customize the initializer log level are affected. This exposes workload secrets — normally accessible only to the Contrast Coordinator, the initializer, the seedshare owner, and the workload owner — to Kubernetes users with get or list permission on pods/logs and to anyone with read access to the Kubernetes log storage, such as the cloud provider. Deployments that do not use workload secrets are unaffected.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.