CVE-2025-59361 is a critical OS command injection vulnerability in the cleanIptables mutation of Chaos Controller Manager, affecting Chaos Mesh. This flaw, when combined with CVE-2025-59358, allows unauthenticated in-cluster attackers to achieve remote code execution across the entire Kubernetes cluster. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical), it presents a severe risk due to its network-based attack vector, low complexity, and complete compromise potential (Confidentiality, Integrity, Availability). While no public exploit code or active exploitation is confirmed, the vulnerability has garnered significant community attention and media coverage, indicating high awareness and potential for future exploitation.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 2.7.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:chaos-mesh:chaos_mesh:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.