Path Traversal Affecting helm.sh/helm/pkg/chartutil package, versions <2.12.2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.1% (43rd percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-GOLANG-HELMSHHELMPKGCHARTUTIL-7725427
  • published 21 Aug 2024
  • disclosed 20 Aug 2024
  • credit Bernard Wagner

How to fix?

Upgrade helm.sh/helm/pkg/chartutil to version 2.12.2 or higher.

Overview

helm.sh/helm/pkg/chartutil is a package that contains tools for working with charts.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Path Traversal via the handling of chart archive files. An attacker can extract files to arbitrary locations on the filesystem by tricking a user to run a helm command on a specially crafted chart archive.

CVSS Scores

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version 3.1
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Snyk

Recommended
6.9 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Attack Requirements (AT)
    None
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    Active
  • Confidentiality (VC)
    None
  • Integrity (VI)
    High
  • Availability (VA)
    None
  • Confidentiality (SC)
    None
  • Integrity (SI)
    None
  • Availability (SA)
    None