9.8

CVE-2019-18658: helm

Modified
AliasesSUSE-SU-2022:1888-1GHSA-p5pc-m4q7-7qm9GO-2023-1938
Published 12-11-2019Last modified 05-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2019-18658 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) vulnerability in helm. EPSS estimates a 1.75% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 77.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Prioritisesevere

Severe, CVSS 9.8 (NVD); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources; EPSS 2% (FIRST, 03-11-2026)

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
9.8/10
010
Critical · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.75%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1 · Related 1
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10842-1

Timeline

  1. 12-11-2019
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In Helm 2.x before 2.15.2, commands that deal with loading a chart as a directory or packaging a chart provide an opportunity for a maliciously designed chart to include sensitive content such as /etc/passwd, or to execute a denial of service (DoS) via a special file such as /dev/urandom, via symlinks. No version of Tiller is known to be impacted. This is a client-only issue.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.75%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

78%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 1.75% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Opensuse2 products
  • helm-mirror&distro=openSUSE Leap 15.3< 0.3.1-150000.1.13.1
  • helm-mirror&distro=openSUSE Leap 15.4< 0.3.1-150000.1.13.1
Suse2 products
  • helm-mirror&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Containers 15 SP3< 0.3.1-150000.1.13.1
  • helm-mirror&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Containers 15 SP4< 0.3.1-150000.1.13.1
Helm1 product
  • helm≥ 2.0.0, < 2.15.2
Helm.sh1 product
  • helm≥ 2.0.0, < 2.15.2 | ≥ 2.0.0+incompatible, < 2.15.2+incompatible

4 vendors · 6 products

References

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