# CVE-2025-59358: CVE-2025-59358

Status: published. Published: 2025-09-15. Updated: 2026-11-08.

The Chaos Controller Manager in Chaos Mesh exposes a GraphQL debugging server without authentication to the entire Kubernetes cluster, which provides an API to kill arbitrary processes in any Kubernetes pod, leading to cluster-wide denial of service.

## Remediation

- fix: The reporting source identifies this reference as a patch. Check the advisory for affected versions and supported release branches. (source: reefs@jfrog.com) — https://github.com/chaos-mesh/chaos-mesh/pull/4702

## Affected products and versions

- chaos-mesh / chaos_mesh: < 2.7.3 (affected, custom). Source: NVD

## NVD configuration conditions

Affected CPE matches depend on the following AND/OR and negation conditions:

```json
[
  {
    "negate": false,
    "nodes": [
      {
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:chaos-mesh:chaos_mesh:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "versionEndExcluding": "2.7.3",
            "vulnerable": true
          }
        ],
        "negate": false,
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ],
    "operator": "OR"
  }
]
```

## Severity and prioritization

- CVSS 3.1: 7.5 (high); CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H; source: NVD: reefs@jfrog.com

- CISA KEV: No listing in collected sources

- EPSS: Not available

- SSVC: exploitation none; automatable yes; technical impact partial; source NVD SSVC: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

- Weaknesses: CWE-306

## Exploit evidence

- exploit: https://jfrog.com/blog/chaotic-deputy-critical-vulnerabilities-in-chaos-mesh-lead-to-kubernetes-cluster-takeover (reefs@jfrog.com)

## References

- https://github.com/chaos-mesh/chaos-mesh/pull/4702 (reefs@jfrog.com; Issue Tracking, Patch)

- https://jfrog.com/blog/chaotic-deputy-critical-vulnerabilities-in-chaos-mesh-lead-to-kubernetes-cluster-takeover (reefs@jfrog.com; Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

## Provenance

- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-59358; retrieved 2026-11-08; source updated 2026-11-08

Revision: 6bc2befda3a8af8cb082b404af1a46bb714d6b17071d92c3338faf195168ab71

Canonical: https://y2.dev/cve/CVE-2025-59358

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