CVE-2025-24884 kube-audit-rest's example logging configuration could disclose secret values in the audit log
Using the full-elastic-stack example configuration in kube-audit-rest discloses Kubernetes secret values in audit logs.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2025-24884?
CVE-2025-24884 is a medium-severity vulnerability in RichardoC kube-audit-rest, published on 29 Jan 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
kube-audit-rest is a simple logger of mutation/creation requests to the k8s api. If the "full-elastic-stack" example vector configuration was used for a real cluster, the previous values of kubernetes secrets would have been disclosed in the audit messages. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.0.16.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-24884?
3 open source packages ship an affected version, including github.com/RichardoC/kube-audit-rest.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
github.com/RichardoC/kube-audit-rest Go | All versions | 0.0.0-20250129191722-db1aa5b86725 |
github.com/RichardoC/kube-audit-rest Go | All versions | 0.0.0-20250205113217-9df8886b4819 |
github.com/RichardoC/kube-audit-rest Go | All versions | 0.0.0-20250205113217-9df8886b4819 |
How do I fix CVE-2025-24884?
Upgrade github.com/RichardoC/kube-audit-rest to a fixed version for your release line: 0.0.0-20250129191722-db1aa5b86725 or 0.0.0-20250205113217-9df8886b4819.
Is CVE-2025-24884 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-24884 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-hcr5-wv4p-h2g2, GO-2025-3431.