CVE-2026-35206

Helm Chart extraction output directory collapse via `Chart.yaml` name dot-segment

State
Published
Severity
4.8 Medium
Published
Apr 9, 2026
Updated
Apr 14, 2026
Reserved
Apr 1, 2026

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Description

Helm is a package manager for Charts for Kubernetes. In Helm versions <=3.20.1 and <=4.1.3, a specially crafted Chart will cause helm pull --untar [chart URL | repo/chartname] to write the Chart's contents to the immediate output directory (as defaulted to the current working directory; or as given by the --destination and --untardir flags), rather than the expected output directory suffixed by the chart's name. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.20.2 and 4.1.4.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
4.04.8 MediumCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:NGitHub_M

Weaknesses

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

Affected Products

ProductVersions
helmhelm
  • >= 4.0.0, < 4.1.4Affected
  • < 3.20.2Affected

References

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