diff --git a/pkg/probe/http/http.go b/pkg/probe/http/http.go
index 41417657eee..20e33da8ed4 100644
--- a/pkg/probe/http/http.go
+++ b/pkg/probe/http/http.go
@@ -117,7 +117,9 @@ func DoHTTPProbe(req *http.Request, client GetHTTPInterface) (probe.Result, stri
 		return probe.Success, body, nil
 	}
 	klog.V(4).Infof("Probe failed for %s with request headers %v, response body: %v", url.String(), headers, body)
-	return probe.Failure, fmt.Sprintf("HTTP probe failed with statuscode: %d", res.StatusCode), nil
+	// Note: Until https://issue.k8s.io/99425 is addressed, this user-facing failure message must not contain the response body.
+	failureMsg := fmt.Sprintf("HTTP probe failed with statuscode: %d", res.StatusCode)
+	return probe.Failure, failureMsg, nil
 }
 
 // RedirectChecker returns a function that can be used to check HTTP redirects.