5.7

CVE-2025-2598: amazon aws_cloud_development_kit

CVSS: 5.7v4.0MediumModified
AliasesGHSA-v63m-x9r9-8gqp
Published 21-03-2025Last modified 14-10-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-2598 is a medium (CVSS 5.7) vulnerability in amazon aws_cloud_development_kit. EPSS estimates a 0.31% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 22.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
23/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.7/10
010
Medium · v4.0 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.31%
0%100%
Low · +0.04 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 21-03-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 14-10-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

6 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.31%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

22%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.04 pp

From 0.27% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.31%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Npm2 products
  • aws-cdk≥ 2.172.0, < 2.178.2
  • cdk≥ 2.172.0, < 2.178.2
Amazon1 product
Aws1 product

3 vendors · 4 products

References

6 links