Low severity · published Sep 27, 2026
CVE-2025-71424
Edgeless Systems Contrast before 1.9.1 Insecure Volume Mount
3.5
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Contrast, Edgeless Systems' runtime for confidential containers on Kubernetes, is affected in versions up to and including 1.9.0. The VOLUME directive in a Dockerfile (config.volumes in the OCI image configuration) is only a hint and is not handled specially by Kubernetes, but containerd adds a mount point for it when Kubernetes sets none, requiring the runtime to be able to push arbitrary data to the Kata agent. As a result, on bare-metal Contrast deployments (AKS deployments are not affected) that run an image declaring at least one VOLUME for which no Kubernetes mount exists at that path, the untrusted host can write arbitrary file trees below that mount point inside the confidential container, compromising the integrity of a directory that is typically important to the application's core functionality. Version 1.9.1 fixes the issue by disallowing this configuration in `contrast generate`.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Adjacent
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 6% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CO
contrast · edgelesssys
before 1.9.1 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-71424
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-71424
vendor-advisory
https://github.com/edgelesssys/contrast/security/advisories/GHSA-phhq-63jg-fp7r
third-party-advisory
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/edgeless-systems-contrast-before-1.9.1-insecure-volume-mount
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