Path Traversal Affecting github.com/helm/helm/pkg/downloader package, versions <3.14.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.04% (11th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-GOLANG-GITHUBCOMHELMHELMPKGDOWNLOADER-6247644
  • published 15 Feb 2024
  • disclosed 15 Feb 2024
  • credit Dominykas Blyžė

How to fix?

Upgrade github.com/helm/helm/pkg/downloader to version 3.14.1 or higher.

Overview

github.com/helm/helm/pkg/downloader is a Package downloader provides a library for downloading charts.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Path Traversal when handling chart archive paths used as filenames in Chart.yaml. An attacker can save a file outside its expected directory based on the changes in the relative path.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

6.4 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    Low
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Changed
  • Confidentiality (C)
    Low
  • Integrity (I)
    Low
  • Availability (A)
    None
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SUSE

6.4 medium