CVE-2025-59358 (GCVE-0-2025-59358)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-09-15 11:34 – Updated: 2025-09-15 11:57
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Denial of Service via Unauthorized Access to Chaos Mesh debugging server
Summary
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.
Severity
7.5 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-09-15 11:57 UTC
CWE
- CWE-306 - Missing Authentication for Critical Function
Assigner
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