Path Traversal in Helm

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.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 3.7 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.015 (72.5th percentile), scored .

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 72nd percentile — 72.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2020-4053: held from 0.015 to 0.015.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.015 · newest: 0.015 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-4053?
CVE-2020-4053 is a low-severity vulnerability in Helm, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 3.7/10. Published 2020-06-16.
How severe is CVE-2020-4053?
Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.7 out of 10.