Contrast before 1.8.1 Information Disclosure via Logging (CVE-2025-71425) | HOL Guard CVE

High · CVSS 8.5CVE-2025-71425

Contrast before 1.8.1 Information Disclosure via Logging

Answer in brief

CVE-2025-71425 records a High severity (CVSS 8.5) vulnerability in Contrast before 1.8.1 Information Disclosure via Logging. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps edgelesssys/contrast (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.

Analysis pending evidence review

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Published Sep 27, 2026Updated Sep 27, 2026Source checked Sep 27, 2026First seen by HOL Sep 27, 2026Material review Sep 27, 2026

Upstream Advisory

Key facts

Risk: High · CVSS 8.5
Exploitation: Not marked as known exploited
Affected software: 1 mapped package or product
Fix availability: Available

Why this deserves its current priority

CVSS is 8.5. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.

Analysis status

Analysis pending evidence review

Factual feed record only; HOL analysis is not approved for indexing. Read the methodology.

Affected scope and exposure questions

The current feed maps edgelesssys/contrast (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.

Mapped affected packages and fixed versions
Package	Affected range	Fixed version
edgelesssys/contrastgeneric	>=0 <1.8.1	1.8.1

Recommended response

Check inventory. Check lockfiles and deployed manifests for edgelesssys/contrast.
Review the reported fix. Update edgelesssys/contrast to 1.8.1 if you use the affected versions. Test the change in a non-production environment first.

Evidence timeline and material changes

Published upstream
Sep 27, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:record
Source modified
Sep 27, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:record
First seen by HOL
Sep 27, 2026

Sources and claim methodology

Upstream source description

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.

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