CVE-2019-1000009

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2019-02-04 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Helm ChartMuseum version >=0.1.0 and < 0.8.1 contains a CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in HTTP API to save charts that can result in a specially crafted chart could be uploaded and saved outside the intended location. This attack appears to be exploitable via A POST request to the HTTP API can save a chart archive outside of the intended directory. If authentication is, optionally, enabled this requires an authorized user to do so. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 0.8.1.

Affected products

helm Chartmuseum: from 0.1.0 before 0.8.1 — fixed in 0.8.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: helm Chartmuseum 0.8.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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