# CVE-2025-59361: OS command injection in Chaos Mesh via the cleanIptables mutation

- Exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-09-15
- CVSS: 9.8 CRITICAL (v3.1)
- EPSS: 3.4% (89th percentile)
- CWE: CWE-78

The cleanIptables 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.

## Edge WAF coverage (claimed by vendors, not measured)

| Vendor | Status | First rule | Days after publication |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cloudflare | Blocks by default | 2025-10-06 | 21 |
| AWS | No public claim | — | — |
| Microsoft Azure | No public claim | — | — |
| Google Cloud | No public claim | — | — |
| Fastly | Before feed history | — | — |
| F5 | No public claim | — | — |
| Akamai | No public source | — | — |
| OWASP CRS | No public claim | — | — |

### Cloudflare

- 2025-10-06 · new · rule a2591ba5befa4815a6861aefef859a04 · default Block
  > Chaos Mesh - Command Injection - CVE:CVE-2025-59361. Previous action: Log. New action: Block. This is a New Detection
  Source: https://developers.cloudflare.com/changelog/post/2025-10-06-waf-release/

"No public claim" means no vendor statement names this CVE; "Before feed history" means the CVE is older than the vendor feed. In both cases generic rules may still block it.

HTML: https://cve.vigilbase.com/cve/CVE-2025-59361 · JSON: https://cve.vigilbase.com/api/v1/cves/CVE-2025-59361