CVE-2025-2598
AWS CDK CLI prints AWS credentials retrieved by custom credential plugins
MEDIUM 5.7EPSS 0.3%
When the AWS Cloud Development Kit (AWS CDK) Command Line Interface (AWS CDK CLI) is used with a credential plugin which returns an expiration property with the retrieved AWS credentials, the credentials are printed to the console output. To mitigate this issue, users should upgrade to version 2.178.2 or later and ensure any forked or derivative code is patched to incorporate the new fixes.
- Affected
- AWS · Cloud Development Kit Command Line Interface
- CVSS v4.0 CNA
- 5.7 MEDIUM
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X - CVSS v4.0 GitHub
- 5.7 MEDIUM
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - CVSS v3.1 CNA
- 5.5 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - EPSS
- 0.31% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 22nd percentile
- Published
- 2025-03-21
- Updated
- 2025-10-14
Proof-of-concept exploits (3)
- SpongeBob-369/CVE-2025-25983★ · 2025-08-20
- Catnip-Express-Maxim/AWSTESTEXPLOIT0★ · 2025-11-25
- SallyXVIII/Final-Proj0★ · 2025-11-24
Security advisories
- https://aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletins/AWS-2025-005
- aws/aws-cdk/security/advisories/GHSA-v63m-x9r9-8gqp
- advisories/GHSA-v63m-x9r9-8gqp