{"schema_version":"1.7.3","id":"GHSA-53c4-hhmh-vw5q","published":"2022-12-14T21:38:31Z","modified":"2026-02-04T02:14:04.111840Z","aliases":["BIT-helm-2022-23525","CVE-2022-23525","GO-2022-1165"],"related":["CGA-qgff-8h6j-qm5f"],"summary":"Helm vulnerable to denial of service through through repository index file","details":"Fuzz testing, by Ada Logics and sponsored by the CNCF, identified input to functions in the `_repo_` package that can cause a segmentation violation. Applications that use functions from the `_repo_` package in the Helm SDK can have a Denial of Service attack when they use this package and it panics.\n\n### Impact\n\nThe `_repo_` package contains a handler that processes the index file of a repository. For example, the Helm client adds references to chart repositories where charts are managed. The `_repo_` package parses the index file of the repository and loads it into structures Go can work with. Some index files can cause array data structures to be created causing a memory violation.\n\nApplications that use the `_repo_` package in the Helm SDK to parse an index file can suffer a Denial of Service when that input causes a panic that cannot be recovered from.\n\nThe Helm Client will panic with an index file that causes a memory violation panic. Helm is not a long running service so the panic will not affect future uses of the Helm client.\n\n### Patches\n\nThis issue has been resolved in 3.10.3. \n\n### Workarounds\n\nSDK users can validate index files that are correctly formatted before passing them to the `_repo_` functions.\n\n### For more information\n\nHelm's security policy is spelled out in detail in our [SECURITY](https://github.com/helm/community/blob/master/SECURITY.md) document.\n\n### Credits\n\nDisclosed by Ada Logics in a fuzzing audit sponsored by CNCF.","affected":[{"package":{"name":"helm.sh/helm/v3","ecosystem":"Go","purl":"pkg:golang/helm.sh/helm/v3"},"ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.10.3"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2022/12/GHSA-53c4-hhmh-vw5q/GHSA-53c4-hhmh-vw5q.json"}}],"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/helm/helm/security/advisories/GHSA-53c4-hhmh-vw5q"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-23525"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/helm/helm/commit/638ebffbc2e445156f3978f02fd83d9af1e56f5b"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://github.com/helm/helm"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2022-1165"}],"database_specific":{"cwe_ids":["CWE-476"],"github_reviewed":true,"github_reviewed_at":"2022-12-14T21:38:31Z","nvd_published_at":"2022-12-15T19:15:00Z","severity":"MODERATE"},"severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L"}]}