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TI-2019-15825 Aliases CVE-2019-1000008GHSA-xrxm-mvqm-r553

All versions of Helm between Helm >=2.0.0 and < 2.12.2 contains a CWE-22: Improper…

Priority LOW 32CWE-22Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · High · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub.

Summary

All versions of Helm between Helm >=2.0.0 and < 2.12.2 contains a CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in The commands `helm fetch --untar` and `helm lint some.tgz` that can result when chart archive files are unpacked a file may be unpacked outside of the target directory. This attack appears to be exploitable via a victim must run a helm command on a specially crafted chart archive. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 2.12.2.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01483 74th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Fixed helm.sh/helm (Go): 2.12.2

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
—helm.sh/helm (Go)2.0.0 to before 2.12.22.12.2Patch availableGHSA-xrxm-mvqm-r553
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • helm.sh/helm (Go) Vendor— Affected 2.0.0 to before 2.12.2 Fixed in 2.12.2 Patch available GHSA-xrxm-mvqm-r553

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:helm:helm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.0.0 to before 2.12.2Vulnerablehelm
  • cpe:2.3:a:helm:helm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.0.0 to before 2.12.2 Vulnerable ·helm

Remediation

  • Fix · GHSA-xrxm-mvqm-r553 helm.sh/helm (Go) Fixed in 2.12.2 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2019-1000008
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-xrxm-mvqm-r553

References

Exploit 1

Advisory 1

Other 1

  • TI-2024-16848 Dependency management path traversal in helm CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.4
  • TI-2026-45154 Helm Files.Lines Denial of Service via Empty Chart Files CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 5.3
  • TI-2023-10627 getHostByName Function Information Disclosure CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.3
  • TI-2019-15264 An issue was discovered in Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) Helm through 3.13.3. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
  • TI-2019-13497 In Helm 2.x before 2.15.2, commands that deal with loading a chart as a directory or… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2019-16052 Improper certificate validation in helm CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
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Sources

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