GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Go
GHSA-h5f8-crrq-4pw8 Contrast workload secrets leak to logs on INFO level
HIGH
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- Ecosystem
- Go
- Packages
- github.com/edgelesssys/contrast
- Severity
- High
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-532
- Reviewed
- 2025-05-28
Affected packages
• Go github.com/edgelesssys/contrast: < 1.8.1 → fixed in 1.8.1
Description
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). 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
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-532 Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File weakness