GHSA-4hfp-h4cw-hj8p

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Source
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4hfp-h4cw-hj8p
Import Source
https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2025/04/GHSA-4hfp-h4cw-hj8p/GHSA-4hfp-h4cw-hj8p.json
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https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-4hfp-h4cw-hj8p
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Published
2025-04-10T13:48:05Z
Modified
2025-04-11T19:57:00.214066Z
Severity
  • 6.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
Helm Allows A Specially Crafted Chart Archive To Cause Out Of Memory Termination
Details

A Helm contributor discovered that a specially crafted chart archive file can cause Helm to use all available memory and have an out of memory (OOM) termination.

Impact

A chart archive file can be crafted in a manner where it expands to be significantly larger uncompressed than compressed (e.g., >800x difference). When Helm loads this specially crafted chart, memory can be exhausted causing the application to terminate.

Patches

This issue has been resolved in Helm v3.17.3.

Workarounds

Ensure that any chart archive files being loaded by Helm do not contain files that are large enough to cause the Helm Client or SDK to use up available memory leading to a termination.

For more information

Helm's security policy is spelled out in detail in our SECURITY document.

Credits

Disclosed by Jakub Ciolek at AlphaSense.

Database specific
{
    "nvd_published_at": "2025-04-09T23:15:37Z",
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-770",
        "CWE-789"
    ],
    "severity": "MODERATE",
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2025-04-10T13:48:05Z"
}
References

Affected packages

Go / helm.sh/helm/v3

Package

Name
helm.sh/helm/v3
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Purl
pkg:golang/helm.sh/helm/v3

Affected ranges

Type
SEMVER
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.17.3