CVE-2020-15186

Summary

CVECVE-2020-15186
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-09-17 22:15:00 UTC
Updated2021-11-18 17:50:00 UTC
DescriptionIn Helm before versions 2.16.11 and 3.3.2 plugin names are not sanitized properly. As a result, a malicious plugin author could use characters in a plugin name that would result in unexpected behavior, such as duplicating the name of another plugin or spoofing the output to `helm --help`. This issue has been patched in Helm 3.3.2. A possible workaround is to not install untrusted Helm plugins. Examine the `name` field in the `plugin.yaml` file for a plugin, looking for characters outside of the [a-zA-Z0-9._-] range.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-74

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Sanitizing plugin names · Advisory · helm/helm · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Third Party Advisory
Merge pull request from GHSA-m54r-vrmv-hw33 · helm/helm@809e2d9 · GitHub MISC github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 980045 Go (go) Security Update for helm.sh/helm/v3/pkg/plugin (GHSA-m54r-vrmv-hw33)
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