CVE-2025-2598

Medium

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.

SeverityMedium

CVSS5.5

Exploit probability—

ProductAmazon Aws Cloud Development Kit

PublishedMar 21, 2025

First seenMar 21, 2025

Weakness typeCWE-497CWE-497

How to fix

Update

amazon aws_cloud_development_kit2.178.2 or later
aws-cdk2.178.2 or later
cdk2.178.2 or later

Patches

github.com/aws/aws-cdk/releases/tag/v2.178.2

Vendor advisories

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

Affected products

Product	Affected versions	Fixed in
amazon aws_cloud_development_kit	2.172.0 ≤ v < 2.178.2	2.178.2
aws-cdknpm	2.172.0 ≤ v < 2.178.2	2.178.2
cdknpm	2.172.0 ≤ v < 2.178.2	2.178.2

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