What is CVE-2022-36055?

CVE-2022-36055 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Helm, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2022-09-01.

How severe is CVE-2022-36055?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2022-36055 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Resource exhaustion in Helm

CVE-2022-36055

Helm is a tool for managing Charts. Charts are packages of pre-configured Kubernetes resources. Fuzz testing, provided by the CNCF, identified input to functions in the _strvals_ package that can cause an out of memory panic. The _strvals_…

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.001 (25.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Helm — versions < 3.9.4

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

github.com/helm/helm/security/advisories/GHSA-7hfp-qfw3-5jxh (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
github.com/helm/helm/releases/tag/v3.9.4 (x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-36055?: CVE-2022-36055 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Helm, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2022-09-01.
How severe is CVE-2022-36055?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-36055 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.