Uncontrolled Memory Allocation Affecting helm-operator package, versions <1.42.2-r14


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on default assessment until relevant scores are available.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.24% (15th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-WOLFILATEST-HELMOPERATOR-17585144
  • published26 Jun 2026
  • disclosed4 Jun 2026

Introduced: 4 Jun 2026

NewCVE-2026-41178  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-789  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Wolfi helm-operator to version 1.42.2-r14 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream helm-operator package and not the helm-operator package as distributed by Wolfi. See How to fix? for Wolfi relevant fixed versions and status.

OpenTelemetry-Go is the Go implementation of OpenTelemetry. Versions 1.41.0 and 1.43.0 removed raw-length rejection and it causes Parse to process arbitrarily large/invalid baggage headers and log errors, enabling DoS via oversized inputs. Versions 1.42.0 and 1.44.0 fix the issue.