What is CVE-2025-2598?

CVE-2025-2598 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Amazon Aws_cloud_development_kit, classified under Exposure of Sensitive System Information to an Unauthorized Control Sphere. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2025-03-21.

How severe is CVE-2025-2598?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2025-2598 known to be exploited?

7 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Amazon Aws_cloud_development_kit

CVE-2025-2598

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…

EPSS: 0.003 (16.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Amazon Aws_cloud_development_kit
Aws Cloud Development Kit Command Line Interface — versions 2.172.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-497 — Exposure of Sensitive System Information to an Unauthorized Control Sphere

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

ff89ba41-3aa1-4d27-914a-91399e9639e5 (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
ff89ba41-3aa1-4d27-914a-91399e9639e5 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
ff89ba41-3aa1-4d27-914a-91399e9639e5 (patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-2598?: CVE-2025-2598 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Amazon Aws_cloud_development_kit, classified under Exposure of Sensitive System Information to an Unauthorized Control Sphere. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2025-03-21.
How severe is CVE-2025-2598?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2025-2598 known to be exploited?: 7 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.