CVE-2025-2598

Credential disclosure via expiration-bearing plugin responses

Published Mar 21, 2025 · Updated Oct 14, 2025

Credential exposure in Amazon Web Services AWS CDK CLI 2.172.0 through 2.178.1 allows local users to read AWS credentials from console output. When a custom credential plugin returns temporary credentials with an expiration property, the CLI prints the full returned object, including access keys and the session token, to the console. Exposure requires an affected CLI execution with that plugin response, and the credentials are available only to users with access to the execution console or captured logs.

CVSS severity5.7
Medium
EPSS probability0.27%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Based on sourced intelligence
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Summary

What happened

Credential exposure in Amazon Web Services AWS CDK CLI 2.172.0 through 2.178.1 allows local users to read AWS credentials from console output. When a custom credential plugin returns temporary credentials with an expiration property, the CLI prints the full returned object, including access keys and the session token, to the console. Exposure requires an affected CLI execution with that plugin response, and the credentials are available only to users with access to the execution console or captured logs.

The record

CVE
CVE-2025-2598
Published
Mar 21, 2025
Updated
Oct 14, 2025
Vendor
Amazon Web Services
Product
AWS CDK CLI
Classifications
CWE-497, CAPEC-150, T1552
Attack vector
local
Privileges
Unavailable

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Mar 21, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Oct 14, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=2.172.0 <2.178.2

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesUnavailable in this record.

What is affected?

Amazon Web Services · AWS CDK CLIversion=2.172.0 <2.178.2

Published CVSS scores

5.5Amazon Web ServicesCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
5.7Amazon Web ServicesCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectorlocal
PrivilegesUnavailable
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-497Exposure of Sensitive System Information to an Unauthorized Control Sphere
CAPEC-150Collect Data from Common Resource Locations
T1552Unsecured Credentials

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