{"id":76002,"date":"2025-09-19T18:04:50","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T18:04:50","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-09-29T02:50:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T08:50:13","slug":"cve-2025-59360-remote-code-execution-vulnerability-in-chaos-controller-manager","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-59360-remote-code-execution-vulnerability-in-chaos-controller-manager\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-59360: Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in Chaos Controller Manager<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE-2025-59360 is a critical vulnerability in the Chaos Controller Manager related to the killProcesses mutation that can lead to Operating System (OS) command injection. This vulnerability is particularly dangerous as it allows unauthenticated in-cluster attackers to perform remote code execution across the cluster. This vulnerability affects any organization using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-50972-sql-injection-vulnerability-in-abantecart-1-4-2-with-a-high-severity-score\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"83501\">Chaos Controller<\/a> Manager and can lead to severe consequences such as system compromise and data leakage if exploited.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-59360<br \/>\nSeverity: Critical (CVSS score: 9.8)<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Network<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: None<br \/>\nUser Interaction: None<br \/>\nImpact: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-0074-critical-remote-code-execution-vulnerability-in-sdp-discovery\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"83564\">Remote Code Execution<\/a>, potential for system compromise or data leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-2473006314\" class=\"ameeb-content-2 ameeb-entity-placement\"><div style=\"border-left: 4px solid #555; padding-left: 20px; margin: 48px 0; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: #ffffff; line-height: 1.6; max-width: 700px;\">\r\n  <h2 style=\"margin-top: 0; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 600; display: flex; align-items: center;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"display: inline-flex; align-items: center; margin-right: 8px;\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Best-App-icon-Ameeba.png\" alt=\"Ameeba Chat Icon\" style=\"width: 40px; height: 40px;\" \/>\r\n    <\/a>\r\n    A new way to communicate\r\n  <\/h2>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 12px;\">\r\n    Ameeba Chat is built on encrypted identity, not personal profiles.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 16px;\">\r\n    Message, call, share files, and coordinate with identities kept separate.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <ul style=\"list-style: none; padding-left: 0; margin-bottom: 20px;\">\r\n    <li>\u2022 Encrypted identity<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Ameeba Chat authenticates access<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Aliases and categories<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 End-to-end encrypted chat, calls, and files<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Secure notes for sensitive information<\/li>\r\n  <\/ul>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\r\n    Private communication, rethought.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <div style=\"display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 12px;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\/download\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Download Ameeba Chat<\/a>\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ffffff; color: #ffffff; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Learn More<\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Product | Affected Versions<\/p>\n<p>Chaos <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-28041-access-control-vulnerability-in-itranswarp-up-to-version-2-19\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"85983\">Controller Manager | All versions<\/a> prior to the patch<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The exploit works by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2024-46484-critical-os-command-injection-vulnerability-in-trendnet-tv-ip410-va1-0r\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"85503\">injecting malicious OS commands<\/a> into the killProcesses mutation in the Chaos Controller Manager. Due to improper input validation, the system will execute these commands, potentially leading to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-22403-remote-code-execution-vulnerability-in-sdp-discovery-cc\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"83880\">remote code execution<\/a>. This, in conjunction with CVE-2025-59358, allows unauthenticated in-cluster attackers to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-52353-arbitrary-code-execution-vulnerability-in-badaso-cms-2-9-11\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"83942\">execute arbitrary code<\/a> across the cluster.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-317566017\" class=\"ameeb-content ameeb-entity-placement\"><div class=\"poptin-embedded\" data-id=\"f6b387694f681\"><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/div>\n<p>A conceptual example might look like the following:<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\"># Attacker sends a malicious request that exploits the vulnerability\ncurl -X POST http:\/\/target.example.com\/vulnerable\/endpoint -H &quot;Content-Type: application\/json&quot; -d &#039;{ &quot;killProcesses&quot;: &quot;; rm -rf \/ # &quot; }&#039;<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In the above example, the attacker is exploiting the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-52122-critical-server-side-template-injection-ssti-vulnerability-in-freeform-plugin-for-craftcms\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"84042\">vulnerability by injecting<\/a> a malicious command (`; rm -rf \/ #`) into the `killProcesses` mutation. This command, when executed, will delete all files in the server&#8217;s file system, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-9253-stack-based-buffer-overflow-on-linksys-wi-fi-range-extenders-leading-to-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"84295\">leading to full system<\/a> compromise.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Workarounds and Mitigations<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The primary mitigation for this vulnerability is to apply the vendor&#8217;s patch for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-8309-improper-privilege-management-vulnerability-in-manageengine-products\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"85073\">Chaos Controller<\/a> Manager. If the patch cannot be applied immediately, a temporary mitigation can be to use a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or an Intrusion Detection System (IDS) to detect and block exploit attempts. However, these are only temporary solutions and the vendor&#8217;s patch should be applied as soon as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-54742-data-deserialization-vulnerability-in-wpevently-leading-to-possible-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"86412\">possible to fully mitigate this vulnerability<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview CVE-2025-59360 is a critical vulnerability in the Chaos Controller Manager related to the killProcesses mutation that can lead to Operating System (OS) command injection. This vulnerability is particularly dangerous as it allows unauthenticated in-cluster attackers to perform remote code execution across the cluster. This vulnerability affects any organization using Chaos Controller Manager and can [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"vendor":[],"product":[],"attack_vector":[78,80],"asset_type":[],"severity":[],"exploit_status":[],"class_list":["post-76002","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","attack_vector-injection","attack_vector-rce"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76002","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76002"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76002\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":79212,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76002\/revisions\/79212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76002"},{"taxonomy":"vendor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vendor?post=76002"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=76002"},{"taxonomy":"attack_vector","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/attack_vector?post=76002"},{"taxonomy":"asset_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/asset_type?post=76002"},{"taxonomy":"severity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/severity?post=76002"},{"taxonomy":"exploit_status","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exploit_status?post=76002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}