CVE-2025-59360
criticalpriority · track · 1EPSS 0.029 · 87 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
The killProcesses 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.
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affected products (3)
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advisories (2)
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- GHSA-xv9f-728h-9jgvChaos Controller Manager is vulnerable to OS command injection2025-09-15ghsa · osvUS
The killProcesses 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.
- GO-2025-3954Chaos Controller Manager is vulnerable to OS command injection in github.com/chaos-mesh/chaos-mesh2025-09-17vendor · osvUS
Chaos Controller Manager is vulnerable to OS command injection in github.com/chaos-mesh/chaos-mesh. NOTE: The source advisory for this report contains additional versions that could not be automatically mapped to standard Go module versions. (If this is causing false-positive reports from vulnerability scanners, please suggest an edit to the report.) The additional affected modules and versions are: github.com/chaos-mesh/chaos-mesh before v2.7.3.
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references (6)
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- https://github.com/chaos-mesh/chaos-mesh/pull/4702cnnvd
- https://jfrog.com/blog/chaotic-deputy-critical-vulnerabilities-in-chaos-mesh-lead-to-kubernetes-cluster-takeovercnnvd
- https://github.com/chaos-mesh/chaos-mesh/pull/4702enisa_euvd
- https://jfrog.com/blog/chaotic-deputy-critical-vulnerabilities-in-chaos-mesh-lead-to-kubernetes-cluster-takeoverenisa_euvd
- https://github.com/chaos-mesh/chaos-mesh/pull/4702Issue TrackingPatchnvd
- https://jfrog.com/blog/chaotic-deputy-critical-vulnerabilities-in-chaos-mesh-lead-to-kubernetes-cluster-takeoverExploitThird Party Advisorynvd
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