SecuriTricks - CVE-2025-2598

Description

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.

Product(s) Impacted

Vendor	Product	Versions
Aws	Cloud Development Kit	*

Weaknesses

Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.

CWE-497

Exposure of Sensitive System Information to an Unauthorized Control Sphere

The product does not properly prevent sensitive system-level information from being accessed by unauthorized actors who do not have the same level of access to the underlying system as the product does.

*CPE(s)

Affected systems and software identified for this CVE.

Type	Vendor	Product	Version	Update	Edition	Language	Software Edition	Target Software	Target Hardware	Other Information
a	aws	cloud_development_kit	/	/	/	/	/	/	/	/

References

https://aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletins/AWS-2025-005/

https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/security/advisories/GHSA-v63m-x9r9-8gqp

CVSS Score

5.7 / 10

CVSS Data - 4.0

Attack Vector: LOCAL
Attack Complexity: LOW
Attack Requirements: PRESENT
Privileges Required: LOW
User Interaction: NONE
Scope:
Confidentiality Impact: HIGH
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: NONE
Exploit Maturity: NOT_DEFINED

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

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Timeline

Published: March 21, 2025, 3:15 p.m.
Last Modified: March 21, 2025, 5:15 p.m.

Status : Received

CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.

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Source

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CVE-2025-2598