Is CVE-2025-2598 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2025-2598 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2025-2598?

CVE-2025-2598 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2025-2598?

CVE-2025-2598 has an EPSS score of 0.26% (17th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2025-2598?

Upgrade aws cloud development kit to 2.178.2 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2025-2598

MEDIUM

5.5

CVSS v3

NVD

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.

CWE-497

How to fix

Remediation Available

aws cloud development kitNVD

Affected:>= 2.172.0, < 2.178.2Fixed in:2.178.2CVE-2025-2598derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

0.26%probability of exploitation in 30 days

17thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 17% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory2

Other references1

github.com

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CVE-2025-44823	Critical	9.9	16%	-	Fix
CVE-2025-55131	High	7.1	3.5%	-	Fix
CVE-2026-34413	High	8.6	2.8%	-	-
CVE-2024-13999	Critical	9.8	1.8%	-	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2025-10-14.