GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Go
GHSA-vxg3-w9rv-rhr2 Contrast leaks workload secrets 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
- 2025-08-28
Affected packages
• Go github.com/edgelesssys/contrast: >= 1.9.0, < 1.12.2 → fixed in 1.12.2
Description
This is the same vulnerability as https://github.com/edgelesssys/contrast/security/advisories/GHSA-h5f8-crrq-4pw8. The original vulnerability had been fixed for release `v1.8.1`, but the fix was not ported to the main branch and thus not present in releases `v1.9.0` ff.
Below is a brief repetition of the relevant sections from the first GHSA, where you can find the full details.
Impact
• Workload secrets are visible to Kubernetes users with `get` or `list` permission on `pods/logs`, and thus need to be considered compromised.
• Since workload secrets are used for encrypted storage and Vault integration, those need to be considered compromised, too.
Patches
Patches:
• https://github.com/edgelesssys/contrast/commit/5a5512c4af63c17bb66331e7bd2768a863b2f225
• https://github.com/edgelesssys/contrast/commit/cf58026b30c43fe7df91eac5322da02e1725d554
The patches are released with `v1.12.2` and `v1.13.0` (not yet published). Since the secrets are compromised, Contrast needs to be initialized from scratch.
Workarounds
Existing workload secrets are compromised. The Contrast cluster needs to be newly initialized, and logging needs to be turned off.
References
First occurrence:
• https://github.com/edgelesssys/contrast/security/advisories/GHSA-h5f8-crrq-4pw8
We are defining a process for handling GHSAs that should prevent such regressions in the future:
• https://github.com/edgelesssys/contrast/pull/1739
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-532 Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File weakness
References
- https://github.com/edgelesssys/contrast/security/advisories/GHSA-h5f8-crrq-4pw8 web
- https://github.com/edgelesssys/contrast/security/advisories/GHSA-vxg3-w9rv-rhr2 web
- https://github.com/edgelesssys/contrast/pull/1739 web
- https://github.com/edgelesssys/contrast/commit/5a5512c4af63c17bb66331e7bd2768a863b2f225 web
- https://github.com/edgelesssys/contrast/commit/cf58026b30c43fe7df91eac5322da02e1725d554 web
- https://github.com/edgelesssys/contrast package