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CVE-2020-4053
Path Traversal in Helm Plugin Archive
Low3.7EPSS 1.5%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- GitHub_M
Description
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub_MCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Low3.7 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium6.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.5% · top 26% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 3.7.
Weakness
Affected products
- affected >= 3.0.0, < 3.2.4
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Gohelm.sh/helm/v3GHSA-qq3j-xp49-j73f (opens in a new tab)
References (3)
- https://github.com/helm/helm/security/advisories/GHSA-qq3j-xp49-j73f (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/helm/helm/commit/0ad800ef43d3b826f31a5ad8dfbb4fe05d143688 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/helm/helm/releases/tag/v3.2.4 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-qq3j-xp49-j73f (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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