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CVE-2021-21303
February 05, 2021
Helm is open-source software which is essentially "The Kubernetes Package Manager". Helm is a tool for managing Charts. Charts are packages of pre-configured Kubernetes resources. In Helm from version 3.0 and before version 3.5.2, there a few cases where data loaded from potentially untrusted sources was not properly sanitized. When a SemVer in the "version" field of a chart is invalid, in some cases Helm allows the string to be used "as is" without sanitizing. Helm fails to properly sanitized some fields present on Helm repository "index.yaml" files. Helm does not properly sanitized some fields in the "plugin.yaml" file for plugins In some cases, Helm does not properly sanitize the fields in the "Chart.yaml" file. By exploiting these attack vectors, core maintainers were able to send deceptive information to a terminal screen running the "helm" command, as well as obscure or alter information on the screen. In some cases, we could send codes that terminals used to execute higher-order logic, like clearing a terminal screen. Further, during evaluation, the Helm maintainers discovered a few other fields that were not properly sanitized when read out of repository index files. This fix remedies all such cases, and once again enforces SemVer2 policies on version fields. All users of the Helm 3 should upgrade to the fixed version 3.5.2 or later. Those who use Helm as a library should verify that they either sanitize this data on their own, or use the proper Helm API calls to sanitize the data.
Affected Packages
helm.sh/helm/v3 (GO):
Affected version(s) >=v3.0.0 <v3.5.2
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v3.5.2
helm.sh/helm/v3 (GO):
Affected version(s) >=v3.0.0 <v3.5.2
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v3.5.2
helm.sh/helm/v3 (GO):
Affected version(s) >=v3.0.0 <v3.5.2
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v3.5.2
helm.sh/helm/v3 (GO):
Affected version(s) >=v3.0.0 <v3.5.2
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v3.5.2
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CVSS v4
Base Score:
6.7
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
PASSIVE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
NONE
Vulnerable System Integrity
HIGH
Vulnerable System Availability
NONE
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
HIGH
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
5.9
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
NONE
CVSS v2
Base Score:
3.5
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
SINGLE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Weakness Type (CWE)
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')
EPSS
Base Score:
0.42