Improper Input Validation Affecting github.com/helm/helm/pkg/plugin package, versions >=2.0.0 <2.16.11>=3.0.0 <3.3.2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.96% (57th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-GOLANG-GITHUBCOMHELMHELMPKGPLUGIN-1009820
  • published18 Sept 2020
  • disclosed18 Sept 2020
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 18 Sep 2020

CVE-2020-15186  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade github.com/helm/helm/pkg/plugin to version 2.16.11, 3.3.2 or higher.

Overview

github.com/helm/helm/pkg/plugin is a package manager for Kubernetes.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Input Validation. Plugin names are not sanitized properly. As a result, a malicious plugin author could use characters in a plugin name that would result in unexpected behaviour, such as duplicating the name of another plugin or spoofing the output to helm --help.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1