CVE-2023-25165

Date: February 8, 2023

Helm is a tool that streamlines installing and managing Kubernetes applications."getHostByName" is a Helm template function introduced in Helm v3. The function is able to accept a hostname and return an IP address for that hostname. To get the IP address the function performs a DNS lookup. The DNS lookup happens when used with "helm install|upgrade|template" or when the Helm SDK is used to render a chart. Information passed into the chart can be disclosed to the DNS servers used to lookup the IP address. For example, a malicious chart could inject "getHostByName" into a chart in order to disclose values to a malicious DNS server. The issue has been fixed in Helm 3.11.1. Prior to using a chart with Helm verify the "getHostByName" function is not being used in a template to disclose any information you do not want passed to DNS servers.

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