CVE-2025-59361

The cleanIptables mutation in Chaos Controller Manager is vulnerable to OS command injection. In conjunction with CVE-2025-59358, this allows unauthenticated in-cluster attackers to perform remote code execution across the cluster.

Published: Sep 15, 2025
Updated: Sep 16, 2025
CVE: CVE-2025-59361
GHSA: GHSA-2gcv-3qpf-c5qr
Severity: Critical
Exploit:

CVSS v3:

Severity: Unknown
Score:
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWEs:

CWE-78

OWASP TOP 10:

A1 - Injection

Affected Software
References

Software	From	Fixed in
github.com/chaos-mesh/chaos-mesh	-	2.7.3

https://github.com/chaos-mesh/chaos-mesh/commit/67281c36f8068bf103149318cd0a466417213a28
https://github.com/chaos-mesh/chaos-mesh/pull/4702
https://jfrog.com/blog/chaotic-deputy-critical-vulnerabilities-in-chaos-mesh-lead-to-kubernetes-cluster-takeover

Vulnerability Database

CVE-2025-59361