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GHSA-5GJX-96WQ-C8R2

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-07-17 18:31 – Updated: 2026-07-17 18:31

Details

Helm through 4.2.3, fixed in commit ba6c9a2, contains a denial of service vulnerability in the Files.Lines template helper in pkg/engine/files.go that allows attackers to trigger an index out of range panic by including zero-length byte slices in chart files. Attackers can include empty files in Helm charts to cause deterministic render failures across template, install, upgrade, lint, and SDK Engine.Render operations.

Severity

4.3 (Medium)


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

5.3 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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CVE-2026-63308 (GCVE-0-2026-63308)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-17 16:14 – Updated: 2026-07-17 17:25 X_Open Source

Title

Helm Files.Lines Denial of Service via Empty Chart Files

Summary

Severity

5.3 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

4.3 (Medium)


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

SSVC

Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)

CWE

CWE-129 - Improper Validation of Array Index

Assigner

VulnCheck

References

4 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/helm/helm/issues/32279	technical-descriptionexploit
https://github.com/helm/helm/pull/32290	issue-tracking
https://github.com/helm/helm/commit/ba6c9a29efa7b…	patch
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/chat2db-inse…	third-party-advisory

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
helm	helm	Affected: 0 , ≤ 4.2.3 (semver) Unaffected: ba6c9a29efa7bf9198dad6a5ec12b4fb30c96017 (git)

Date Public

2026-07-01 00:00

Credits

George Chen

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GHSA-5GJX-96WQ-C8R2

CVE-2026-63308 (GCVE-0-2026-63308)

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