CVE-2020-4053

Path Traversal in Helm Plugin Archive

State
Published
Severity
3.7 Low
Published
Jun 16, 2020
Updated
Aug 4, 2024
Reserved
Dec 30, 2019

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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.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.13.7 LowCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:NGitHub_M

Weaknesses

  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Affected Products

ProductVersions
HelmThe Helm Project
  • >= 3.0.0, < 3.2.4Affected

References

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