CVE-2019-18658

Summary

CVECVE-2019-18658
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-11-12 14:15:00 UTC
Updated2019-11-14 14:40:00 UTC
DescriptionIn Helm 2.x before 2.15.2, commands that deal with loading a chart as a directory or packaging a chart provide an opportunity for a maliciously designed chart to include sensitive content such as /etc/passwd, or to execute a denial of service (DoS) via a special file such as /dev/urandom, via symlinks. No version of Tiller is known to be impacted. This is a client-only issue.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-59

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Helm Helm All All All All
Application Helm Helm All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Helm | Helm Vulnerability: Client Loading and Packaging Chart Directory Containing Malicious Symlinked Content [CVE-2019-18658] MISC helm.sh Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 753245 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for helm-mirror (SUSE-SU-2022:1888-1)
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