CVE-2020-4053

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.

CVSS v3 6.8 MEDIUM
CVSS v2.0 8.5 HIGH

6.8^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 0.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required HIGH

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

8.5^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Exploitability : 6.8 / Impact : 10.0

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/helm/helm/commit/0ad800ef43d3b826f31a5ad8dfbb4fe05d143688	Patch
https://github.com/helm/helm/releases/tag/v3.2.4	Release Notes
https://github.com/helm/helm/security/advisories/GHSA-qq3j-xp49-j73f	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:helm:helm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

08 Feb 2024, 02:11

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	~~() https://github.com/helm/helm/commit/0ad800ef43d3b826f31a5ad8dfbb4fe05d143688 - Patch, Third Party Advisory~~	() https://github.com/helm/helm/commit/0ad800ef43d3b826f31a5ad8dfbb4fe05d143688 - Patch
References	~~() https://github.com/helm/helm/releases/tag/v3.2.4 - Release Notes, Third Party Advisory~~	() https://github.com/helm/helm/releases/tag/v3.2.4 - Release Notes
References	~~() https://github.com/helm/helm/security/advisories/GHSA-qq3j-xp49-j73f - Third Party Advisory~~	() https://github.com/helm/helm/security/advisories/GHSA-qq3j-xp49-j73f - Vendor Advisory

Information

Published : 2020-06-16 22:15

Updated : 2024-02-08 02:11

NVD link : CVE-2020-4053

Mitre link : CVE-2020-4053

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2020-4053

JSON object : View

Products Affected

helm

helm

CWE

CWE-22

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

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