CVE-2020-15186 (GCVE-0-2020-15186)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-09-17 21:40 – Updated: 2024-08-04 13:08
VLAI
Title
Improper sanitization of plugin names in Helm
Summary
In 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.
Severity
3.4 (Low)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-20 - {"CWE-20":"Improper Input Validation"}
Assigner
GitHub_M CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard C 72/100 over 7634 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
helm helm Affected: >= 2.0.0, < 2.16.11
Affected: >= 3.0.0, < 3.3.2
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