CVE-2020-4053
Path Traversal in Helm Plugin Archive
MEDIUM
6.8
CVSS Score
Published: June 16, 2020 at 10:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:19 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorHelm
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Severity
MEDIUM6.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
Description
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (3)
x_refsource_MISCPatch
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/helm/helm/commit/0ad800ef43d3b826f31a5ad8dfbb4fe05d143688x_refsource_MISCRelease Notes
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/helm/helm/releases/tag/v3.2.4x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/helm/helm/security/advisories/GHSA-qq3j-xp49-j73fCVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- HIGH
- User Interaction
- REQUIRED
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-22
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