CVE-2025-59360 — Vulnerability in github.com/chaos-mesh/chaos-mesh...

CRITICAL

Chaos Controller Manager is vulnerable to OS command injection

Published September 15, 2025Updated September 17, 2025Source: osv

Summary

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.

Advisory Timeline

First published September 15, 2025 (392 days ago).
Last revised September 17, 2025 — 2 days after initial publication.

Remediation

Upgrade to the fixed version using your package manager.

Update github.com/chaos-mesh/chaos-mesh to 2.7.3 or later

go get github.com/chaos-mesh/chaos-mesh@v2.7.3

After upgrading, run your dependency scanner again to confirm the vulnerability is resolved.

Affected Packages (1)

Affects 1 ecosystem: go (1).

Package	Ecosystem	Affected	Fixed In
github.com/chaos-mesh/chaos-mesh	go	All versions	2.7.3

Vulnerability Classification

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) identifiers for this vulnerability type.

CWE-78
OS Command InjectionMITRE

CVSS Score Breakdown

What the CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System) 9.8 score means for each attack dimension.

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2025-59360?: Chaos Controller Manager is vulnerable to OS command injection This vulnerability has been assigned a severity rating of CRITICAL (CVSS score: 9.8/10).
How do I check if my project is affected by CVE-2025-59360?: CVE-2025-59360 affects github.com/chaos-mesh/chaos-mesh. Use GeekWala's free vulnerability scanner to check your dependencies against CVE-2025-59360 and 200,000+ other known vulnerabilities.

Severity & Exploitability

CVSS Score

9.8

Exploitation is straightforward and causes maximum impact. Patch immediately.

Also Known As

GHSA-xv9f-728h-9jgv

GO-2025-3954

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