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CVE-2019-1000008: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

May 14, 2022 (updated July 19, 2023)

All versions of Helm between Helm >=2.0.0 and < 2.12.2 contains a CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory (‘Path Traversal’) vulnerability in The commands helm fetch --untar and helm lint some.tgz that can result when chart archive files are unpacked a file may be unpacked outside of the target directory. This attack appears to be exploitable via a victim must run a helm command on a specially crafted chart archive. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 2.12.2.

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-xrxm-mvqm-r553
  • helm.sh/blog/helm-security-notice-2019/index.html
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-1000008

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Affected versions

All versions starting from 2.0.0 before 2.12.2

Fixed versions

  • v2.12.2

Solution

Upgrade to version 2.12.2 or above.

Impact 6.5 MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

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Weakness

  • CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
  • CWE-352: Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

Source file

go/helm.sh/helm/v3/CVE-2019-1000008.yml

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