What is CVE-2025-32386?

CVE-2025-32386 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Helm, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2025-04-09.

How severe is CVE-2025-32386?

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

Resource exhaustion in Helm

CVE-2025-32386

Helm is a tool for managing Charts. A chart archive file can be crafted in a manner where it expands to be significantly larger uncompressed than compressed (e.g., >800x difference). When Helm loads this specially crafted chart, memory can…

EPSS: 0.004 (34.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

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

Affected products

Helm — versions < 3.17.3

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-770 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
CWE-789

References

security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory)
security-advisories@github.com (Patch, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-32386?: CVE-2025-32386 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Helm, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2025-04-09.
How severe is CVE-2025-32386?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.