CVE-2020-4053

In Helm greater than or equal to 3.0.0 and less than 3.2.4, a path traversal attack is possible when installing Helm plugins from a tar archive over HTTP. It is possible for a malicious plugin author to inject a relative path into a plugin archive, and copy a file outside of the intended directory. This has been fixed in 3.2.4.

CVSS v3.0 6.8 MEDIUM
CVSS v2.0 8.5 HIGH

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CVSS v3.0 : MEDIUM

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 0.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required HIGH

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

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CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

V2 Legend

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Exploitability : 6.8 / Impact : 10.0

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/helm/helm/commit/0ad800ef43d3b826f31a5ad8dfbb4fe05d143688	Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/helm/helm/releases/tag/v3.2.4	Release Notes Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/helm/helm/security/advisories/GHSA-qq3j-xp49-j73f	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:helm:helm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2020-06-16 15:15

Updated : 2020-07-06 09:47

NVD link : CVE-2020-4053

Mitre link : CVE-2020-4053

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-22

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Products Affected

helm

helm

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