VulnerabilityAnalyzed
CVE-2025-59361
The cleanIptables mutation in Chaos Controller Manager is vulnerable to OS command injection.
CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 3.27%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.27%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 3.27% probability · 88th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-78
- Affected
- chaos-mesh/chaos mesh
- Source
- reefs@jfrog.com
References
- https://github.com/chaos-mesh/chaos-mesh/pull/4702Issue Tracking
- https://jfrog.com/blog/chaotic-deputy-critical-vulnerabilities-in-chaos-mesh-lead-to-kubernetes-cluster-takeoverExploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.