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CVE-2024-25620: Dependency management path traversal in helm

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.4 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-02-15 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Helm is a tool for managing Charts. Charts are packages of pre-configured Kubernetes resources. When either the Helm client or SDK is used to save a chart whose name within the `Chart.yaml` file includes a relative path change, the chart would be saved outside its expected directory based on the changes in the relative path. The validation and linting did not detect the path changes in the name. This issue has been resolved in Helm v3.14.1. Users unable to upgrade should check all charts used by Helm for path changes in their name as found in the `Chart.yaml` file. This includes dependencies.

Affected products

• helm: before 3.14.1 — fixed in 3.14.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: helm 3.14.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/helm/helm/commit/0d0f91d1ce277b2c8766cdc4c7aa04dbafbf2503
• https://github.com/helm/helm/security/advisories/GHSA-v53g-5gjp-272r
• https://github.com/helm/helm/commit/0d0f91d1ce277b2c8766cdc4c7aa04dbafbf2503
• https://github.com/helm/helm/security/advisories/GHSA-v53g-5gjp-272r

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