Nomad Exposes Sensitive Workload Identity and Client Secret Token in Audit Logs

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+```release-note:security
+auth: Redact OIDC client secret from API responses and event stream ([CVE-2025-1296](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2025-1296))
+```

@@ -2084,7 +2084,7 @@ func (a *ACL) GetAuthMethod(
 
 			// We didn't encounter an error looking up the index; set the auth
 			// method on the reply and exit successfully.
-			reply.AuthMethod = out
+			reply.AuthMethod = out.Sanitize()
 			return nil
 		},
 	})

@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ func eventFromChange(change memdb.Change) (structs.Event, bool) {
 			if !ok {
 				return structs.Event{}, false
 			}
+			before = before.Sanitize()
 			return structs.Event{
 				Topic: structs.TopicACLAuthMethod,
 				Key:   before.Name,
@@ -283,6 +284,7 @@ func eventFromChange(change memdb.Change) (structs.Event, bool) {
 		if !ok {
 			return structs.Event{}, false
 		}
+		after = after.Sanitize()
 		return structs.Event{
 			Topic: structs.TopicACLAuthMethod,
 			Key:   after.Name,

@@ -978,6 +978,21 @@ func (a *ACLAuthMethod) Validate(minTTL, maxTTL time.Duration) error {
 	return mErr.ErrorOrNil()
 }
 
+// Sanitize returns a copy of the ACLAuthMethod with any secrets redacted
+func (a *ACLAuthMethod) Sanitize() *ACLAuthMethod {
+	if a == nil || a.Config == nil {
+		return a
+	}
+	// copy to ensure we do not mutate a pointer pulled directly out of state.
+	clean := a.Copy()
+	// clean nested structs here, so it's obvious what all is being cleaned
+	// in one spot, rather than follow a stack of sanitization calls.
+	if clean.Config.OIDCClientSecret != "" {
+		clean.Config.OIDCClientSecret = "redacted"
+	}
+	return clean
+}
+
 // TokenLocalityIsGlobal returns whether the auth method creates global ACL
 // tokens or not.
 func (a *ACLAuthMethod) TokenLocalityIsGlobal() bool {

@@ -1263,6 +1263,24 @@ func TestACLAuthMethod_Validate(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+// Sanitize method should redact sensitive values
+func TestACLAuthMethod_Sanitize(t *testing.T) {
+	// these just shouldn't nil panic
+	am := &ACLAuthMethod{}
+	am.Sanitize()
+	am.Config = &ACLAuthMethodConfig{}
+	am.Sanitize()
+
+	t.Run("client secret", func(t *testing.T) {
+		am := am.Copy()
+		am.Config.OIDCClientSecret = "very private secret"
+		dirty := am.Config.OIDCClientSecret
+		clean := am.Sanitize().Config.OIDCClientSecret
+		must.Eq(t, "very private secret", dirty)
+		must.Eq(t, "redacted", clean)
+	})
+}
+
 func TestACLAuthMethod_Merge(t *testing.T) {
 	ci.Parallel(t)