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CVE-2025-59358: Denial of Service via Unauthorized Access to Chaos Mesh debugging server

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2025-09-15 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-306

Description

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.

Affected products

• Chaos-Mesh Chaos Mesh: before 2.7.3 — fixed in 2.7.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Chaos-Mesh Chaos Mesh 2.7.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• 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

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