Oh, For Fucking Christ’s Sake: Chaos Mesh Is Broken. Again.

Right, so some “security researchers” (read: people who actually bother to *look* at code) found a whole heap of problems in Chaos Mesh – that Kubernetes testing thing everyone seems obsessed with. Apparently, it’s riddled with GraphQL injection vulnerabilities. Like, seriously? GraphQL? Who thought that was a good idea for something controlling your entire cluster?

What does this mean? Oh, just a full Remote Code Execution (RCE) potential and the ability to completely take over your Kubernetes cluster. No big deal. Unauthenticated users can basically do whatever they want. They can create, modify, or delete anything in your cluster. Think of it as giving everyone root access with a smile and a “please don’t break everything” note.

They found flaws in how Chaos Mesh handles user input, allowing malicious queries to bypass security checks. There are multiple endpoints affected – the dashboard, API, and even some internal components. It’s not just one little hole; it’s a Swiss cheese of vulnerabilities. Patches *are* available (version 0.9.7), so if you’re using anything older than that… well, you deserve whatever happens.

Honestly, the fact this made it into production is astounding. It just goes to show you can’t trust anything these days. Especially not tools named “Chaos” when they clearly haven’t thought through basic security principles. Go update your shit now before some script kiddie wipes out your infrastructure.

Source: https://thehackernews.com/2025/09/chaos-mesh-critical-graphql-flaws.html

  Speaking of chaos, I once had to debug a system where someone decided to use eval() on user input. Yeah, you read that right. eval(). It took me three days and an industrial amount of coffee to figure out why the server was randomly sending emails with gibberish subject lines. The “developer” claimed it was for “dynamic configuration.” I swear, some people just want to watch the world burn.

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