CVE-2026-63308

Helm Files.Lines Denial of Service via Empty Chart Files

MEDIUM
6.5
CVSS Score
Published: July 17, 2026 at 04:14 PM UTC
Updated: July 30, 2026 at 06:22 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorHelm

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Severity
MEDIUM6.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%
SSVC
PoC

Description

Helm through 4.2.3, fixed in commit ba6c9a2, contains a denial of service vulnerability in the Files.Lines template helper in pkg/engine/files.go that allows attackers to trigger an index out of range panic by including zero-length byte slices in chart files. Attackers can include empty files in Helm charts to cause deterministic render failures across template, install, upgrade, lint, and SDK Engine.Render operations.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v ≤ 4.2.3
Vendor states this is fixed in ba6c9a29efa7bf9198dad6a5ec12b4fb30c96017 (unaffected)

Remediation

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References (4)

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CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-129

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