CVE-2020-4053 LOW

CVE-2020-4053: Path Traversal in Helm Plugin Archive

Vendor The Helm Project
Product Helm
Weakness CWE-22 · Path traversal
Published June 16, 2020
Last update August 4, 2024
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CVSS base score

3.7/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity High
Privileges required Low
User interaction Required
Confidentiality Low
Integrity Low

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

In Helm greater than or equal to 3.0.0 and less than 3.2.4, a path traversal attack is possible when installing Helm plugins from a tar archive over HTTP. It is possible for a malicious plugin author to inject a relative path into a plugin archive, and copy a file outside of the intended directory. This has been fixed in 3.2.4.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

June 16, 2020 CVE published
August 4, 2024 Record updated