CVE-2024-25620
Dependency management path traversal in helm
Helm is a tool for managing Charts. Charts are packages of pre-configured Kubernetes resources. When either the Helm client or SDK is used to save a chart whose name within the Chart.yaml file includes a relative path change, the chart would be saved outside its expected directory based on the changes in the relative path. The validation and linting did not detect the path changes in the name. This issue has been resolved in Helm v3.14.1. Users unable to upgrade should check all charts used by Helm for path changes in their name as found in the Chart.yaml file. This includes dependencies.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
6.4
Dependency management path traversal in helm
Helm is a tool for managing Charts. Charts are packages of pre-configured Kubernetes resources. When either the Helm client or SDK is used to save a chart whose name within the Chart.yaml file includes a relative path change, the chart would be saved outside its expected directory based on the changes in the relative path. The validation and linting did not detect the path changes in the name. This issue has been resolved in Helm v3.14.1. Users unable to upgrade should check all charts used by Helm for path changes in their name as found in the Chart.yaml file. This includes dependencies.
- Record
CVE-2024-25620- CVSS 3.1
- 6.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-0727
6.4
Helm is a tool for managing Charts. Charts are packages of pre-configured Kubernetes resources. When either the Helm client or SDK is used to save a chart whose name within the Chart.yaml file includes a relative path change, the chart would be saved outside its expected directory based on the changes in the relative path. The validation and linting did not detect the path changes in the name. This issue has been resolved in Helm v3.14.1. Users unable to upgrade should check all charts used by Helm for path changes in their name as found in the Chart.yaml file. This includes dependencies.
- Record
EUVD-2024-0727- CVSS 3.1
- 6.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-v53g-5gjp-272r
6.4
Helm dependency management path traversal
A Helm contributor discovered a path traversal vulnerability when Helm saves a chart including at download time.
Impact
When either the Helm client or SDK is used to save a chart whose name within the Chart.yaml file includes a relative path change, the chart would be saved outside its expected directory based on the changes in the relative path. The validation and linting did not detect the path changes in the name.
Patches
This issue has been resolved in Helm v3.14.1.
Workarounds
Check all charts used by Helm for path changes in their name as found in the Chart.yaml file. This includes dependencies.
Credits
Disclosed by Dominykas Blyžė at Nearform Ltd.
- Record
GHSA-v53g-5gjp-272r- CVSS 3.1
- 6.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-22, CWE-23
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
6.4
Helm is a tool for managing Charts. Charts are packages of pre-configured Kubernetes resources. When either the Helm client or SDK is used to save a chart whose name within the Chart.yaml file includes a relative path change, the chart would be saved outside its expected directory based on the changes in the relative path. The validation and linting did not detect the path changes in the name. This issue has been resolved in Helm v3.14.1. Users unable to upgrade should check all charts used by Helm for path changes in their name as found in the Chart.yaml file. This includes dependencies.
- Record
CVE-2024-25620- CVSS 3.1
- 6.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVAZL-34355
6.4
CVE-2024-25620 affecting package cert-manager for versions less than 1.11.2-12
Helm is a tool for managing Charts. Charts are packages of pre-configured Kubernetes resources. When either the Helm client or SDK is used to save a chart whose name within the Chart.yaml file includes a relative path change, the chart would be saved outside its expected directory based on the changes in the relative path. The validation and linting did not detect the path changes in the name. This issue has been resolved in Helm v3.14.1. Users unable to upgrade should check all charts used by Helm for path changes in their name as found in the Chart.yaml file. This includes dependencies.
- Record
AZL-34355- CVSS 3.1
- 6.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVAZL-34583
6.4
CVE-2024-25620 affecting package cert-manager for versions less than 1.12.12-2
Helm is a tool for managing Charts. Charts are packages of pre-configured Kubernetes resources. When either the Helm client or SDK is used to save a chart whose name within the Chart.yaml file includes a relative path change, the chart would be saved outside its expected directory based on the changes in the relative path. The validation and linting did not detect the path changes in the name. This issue has been resolved in Helm v3.14.1. Users unable to upgrade should check all charts used by Helm for path changes in their name as found in the Chart.yaml file. This includes dependencies.
- Record
AZL-34583- CVSS 3.1
- 6.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
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OSVAZL-38023
6.4
CVE-2024-25620 affecting package helm for versions less than 3.13.2-3
Helm is a tool for managing Charts. Charts are packages of pre-configured Kubernetes resources. When either the Helm client or SDK is used to save a chart whose name within the Chart.yaml file includes a relative path change, the chart would be saved outside its expected directory based on the changes in the relative path. The validation and linting did not detect the path changes in the name. This issue has been resolved in Helm v3.14.1. Users unable to upgrade should check all charts used by Helm for path changes in their name as found in the Chart.yaml file. This includes dependencies.
- Record
AZL-38023- CVSS 3.1
- 6.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
6.4
Dependency management path traversal in helm
Helm is a tool for managing Charts. Charts are packages of pre-configured Kubernetes resources. When either the Helm client or SDK is used to save a chart whose name within the Chart.yaml file includes a relative path change, the chart would be saved outside its expected directory based on the changes in the relative path. The validation and linting did not detect the path changes in the name. This issue has been resolved in Helm v3.14.1. Users unable to upgrade should check all charts used by Helm for path changes in their name as found in the Chart.yaml file. This includes dependencies.
- Record
CVE-2024-25620- CVSS 3.1
- 6.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-v53g-5gjp-272r
6.4
Helm dependency management path traversal
A Helm contributor discovered a path traversal vulnerability when Helm saves a chart including at download time.
Impact
When either the Helm client or SDK is used to save a chart whose name within the Chart.yaml file includes a relative path change, the chart would be saved outside its expected directory based on the changes in the relative path. The validation and linting did not detect the path changes in the name.
Patches
This issue has been resolved in Helm v3.14.1.
Workarounds
Check all charts used by Helm for path changes in their name as found in the Chart.yaml file. This includes dependencies.
Credits
Disclosed by Dominykas Blyžė at Nearform Ltd.
- Record
GHSA-v53g-5gjp-272r- CVSS 3.1
- 6.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-22, CWE-23
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2024-25620
6.4
Helm is a tool for managing Charts. Charts are packages of pre-configured Kubernetes resources. When either the Helm client or SDK is used to save a chart whose name within the Chart.yaml file includes a relative path change, the chart would be saved outside its expected directory based on the changes in the relative path. The validation and linting did not detect the path changes in the name. This issue has been resolved in Helm v3.14.1. Users unable to upgrade should check all charts used by Helm for path changes in their name as found in the Chart.yaml file. This includes dependencies.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2024-25620- CVSS 3.1
- 6.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVBIT-helm-2024-25620 No score
Dependency management path traversal in helm
Helm is a tool for managing Charts. Charts are packages of pre-configured Kubernetes resources. When either the Helm client or SDK is used to save a chart whose name within the Chart.yaml file includes a relative path change, the chart would be saved outside its expected directory based on the changes in the relative path. The validation and linting did not detect the path changes in the name. This issue has been resolved in Helm v3.14.1. Users unable to upgrade should check all charts used by Helm for path changes in their name as found in the Chart.yaml file. This includes dependencies.
- Record
BIT-helm-2024-25620- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGO-2024-2554 No score
Path traversal in helm.sh/helm/v3
Path traversal in helm.sh/helm/v3
- Record
GO-2024-2554- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:13714-1 No score
helm-3.14.2-2.1 on GA media
These are all security issues fixed in the helm-3.14.2-2.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:13714-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2025:15779-1 No score
helm3-3.19.2-1.1 on GA media
These are all security issues fixed in the helm3-3.19.2-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2025:15779-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-RU-2024:4213-1 No score
Recommended update for helm
helm was updated to fix the following issues:
Update to version 3.16.3:
- fix: fix label name
- Fix typo in pkg/lint/rules/chartfile_test.go
- Increasing the size of the runner used for releases.
- fix(hooks): correct hooks delete order
- Bump github.com/containerd/containerd from 1.7.12 to 1.7.23
Update to version 3.16.2:
- Revering change unrelated to issue #13176
- adds tests for handling of Helm index with broken chart versions #13176
- improves handling of Helm index with broken helm chart versions #13176
- Bump the k8s-io group with 7 updates
- adding check-latest:true
- Grammar fixes
- Fix typos
Update to version 3.16.1:
- bumping version to 1.22.7
- Merge pull request #13327 from mattfarina/revert-11726
Update to version 3.16.0:
Helm v3.16.0 is a feature release. Users are encouraged to upgrade for the best experience.
- Notable Changes
- added sha512sum template function
- added ActiveHelp for cmds that don't take any more args
- drops very old Kubernetes versions support in helm create
- add --skip-schema-validation flag to helm 'install', 'upgrade' and 'lint'
- fixed bug to now use burst limit setting for discovery
- Added windows arm64 support
- Full changelog see https://github.com/helm/helm/releases/tag/v3.16.0
Update to version 3.15.4:
- Bump the k8s-io group across 1 directory with 7 updates
- Bump github.com/docker/docker
Thu Jul 11 05:39:32 UTC 2024 - [email protected]
- Update to version 3.15.3:
- fix(helm): Use burst limit setting for discovery
- fixed dependency_update_test.go
- fix(dependencyBuild): prevent race condition in concurrent helm dependency
- fix: respect proxy envvars on helm install/upgrade
- Merge pull request #13085 from alex-kattathra-johnson/issue-12961
Update to version 3.15.2:
- fix: wrong cli description
- fix typo in load_plugins.go
- fix docs of DeployedAll
- Bump github.com/docker/docker
- bump oras minor version
- feat(load.go): add warning on requirements.lock
Update to version 3.15.1:
- Fixing build issue where wrong version is used
Update to version 3.15.0:
Helm v3.15.0 is a feature release. Users are encouraged to upgrade for the best experience.
- Updating to k8s 1.30 c4e37b3 (Matt Farina)
- bump version to v3.15.0 d7afa3b (Matt Farina)
- bump version to 7743467 (Matt Farina)
- Fix namespace on kubeconfig error 214fb6e (Calvin Krist)
- Update testdata PKI with keys that have validity until 3393 (Fixes #12880) 1b75d48 (Dirk M�ller)
- Modified how created annotation is populated based on package creation time 0a69a0d (Andrew Block)
- Enabling hide secrets on install and upgrade dry run 25c4738 (Matt Farina)
- Fixing all the linting errors d58d7b3 (Robert Sirchia)
- Add a note about --dry-run displaying secrets a23dd9e (Matt Farina)
- Updating .gitignore 8b424ba (Robert Sirchia)
- add error messages 8d19bcb (George Jenkins)
- Fix: Ignore alias validation error for index load 68294fd (George Jenkins)
- validation fix 8e6a514 (Matt Farina)
- bug: add proxy support for oci getter 94c1dea (Ricardo Maraschini)
- Update architecture detection method 57a1bb8 (weidongkl)
- Improve release action 4790bb9 (George Jenkins)
- Fix grammatical error c25736c (Matt Carr)
- Updated for review comments d2cf8c6 (MichaelMorris)
- Add robustness to wait status checks fc74964 (MichaelMorris)
- refactor: create a helper for checking if a release is uninstalled f908379 (Alex Petrov)
- fix: reinstall previously uninstalled chart with --keep-history 9e198fa (Alex Petrov)
Update to version 3.14.4:
Helm v3.14.4 is a patch release. Users are encouraged to upgrade for the best experience. Users are encouraged to upgrade for the best experience.
- refactor: create a helper for checking if a release is …
- Record
SUSE-RU-2024:4213-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2024:1137-1 No score
Security update for helm
This update for helm fixes the following issues:
- CVE-2024-25620: Fixed with dependency management path traversal (bsc#1219969).
- CVE-2024-26147: Fixed uninitialized variable in yaml parsing (bsc#1220207).
- Record
SUSE-SU-2024:1137-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2025:20196-1 No score
Security update for helm
This update for helm fixes the following issues:
-
Update to version 3.17.2 (bsc#1238688, CVE-2025-22870):
- Updating to 0.37.0 for x/net
- build(deps): bump the k8s-io group with 7 updates
-
Update to version 3.17.1:
- merge null child chart objects
- build(deps): bump the k8s-io group with 7 updates
- fix: check group for resource info match
-
Update to 3.17.0 (bsc#1235318, CVE-2024-45338):
Full changelog:
https://github.com/helm/helm/releases/tag/v3.17.0
-
Notable Changes
- Allow pulling and installation by OCI digest
- Annotations and dependencies are now in chart metadata output
- New --take-ownership flag for install and upgrade commands
- SDK: Authorizer and registry authorizer are now configurable
- Removed the Kubernetes configuration file permissions check
- Added username/password to helm push and dependency build/update subcommands
- Added toYamlPretty template function
-
-
Update to version 3.16.4 (bsc#1234482, CVE-2024-45337):
- Bump golang.org/x/crypto from 0.30.0 to 0.31.0
- Bump the k8s-io group with 7 updates
- Record
SUSE-SU-2025:20196-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2025:20278-1 No score
Security update for helm
This update for helm fixes the following issues:
-
Update to version 3.17.2 (bsc#1238688, CVE-2025-22870):
- Updating to 0.37.0 for x/net
- build(deps): bump the k8s-io group with 7 updates
-
Update to version 3.17.1:
- merge null child chart objects
- build(deps): bump the k8s-io group with 7 updates
- fix: check group for resource info match
-
Update to 3.17.0 (bsc#1235318, CVE-2024-45338):
Full changelog: https://github.com/helm/helm/releases/tag/v3.17.0
-
Notable Changes
- Allow pulling and installation by OCI digest
- Annotations and dependencies are now in chart metadata output
- New --take-ownership flag for install and upgrade commands
- SDK: Authorizer and registry authorizer are now configurable
- Removed the Kubernetes configuration file permissions check
- Added username/password to helm push and dependency build/update subcommands
- Added toYamlPretty template function
-
-
Update to version 3.16.4 (bsc#1234482, CVE-2024-45337):
- Bump golang.org/x/crypto from 0.30.0 to 0.31.0
- Bump the k8s-io group with 7 updates
- Record
SUSE-SU-2025:20278-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
helm.sh/helm/v3Go |
through 3.14.0 | 3.14.1 |
cert-managerAzure Linux:2 |
before 1.11.2-12 | 1.11.2-12 |
cert-managerAzure Linux:3 |
before 1.12.12-2 | 1.12.12-2 |
helmAzure Linux:3 |
before 3.13.2-3 | 3.13.2-3 |
helmBitnami |
before 3.14.1 | 3.14.1 |
helm.sh/helm/v3Go |
before 3.14.1 | 3.14.1 |
helmSUSE:Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 From an advisory covering 2 CVEs |
before 3.16.3-150000.1.38.1 | 3.16.3-150000.1.38.1 |
helmSUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Containers 15 SP5 From an advisory covering 2 CVEs |
before 3.16.3-150000.1.38.1 | 3.16.3-150000.1.38.1 |
helmSUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Containers 15 SP6 From an advisory covering 2 CVEs |
before 3.16.3-150000.1.38.1 | 3.16.3-150000.1.38.1 |
helmSUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP5 From an advisory covering 2 CVEs |
before 3.16.3-150000.1.38.1 | 3.16.3-150000.1.38.1 |
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| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
helmSUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP6 From an advisory covering 2 CVEs |
before 3.16.3-150000.1.38.1 | 3.16.3-150000.1.38.1 |
helmopenSUSE:Leap Micro 5.5 From an advisory covering 2 CVEs |
before 3.16.3-150000.1.38.1 | 3.16.3-150000.1.38.1 |
helmopenSUSE:Leap 15.5 From an advisory covering 2 CVEs |
before 3.16.3-150000.1.38.1 | 3.16.3-150000.1.38.1 |
helmopenSUSE:Leap 15.6 From an advisory covering 2 CVEs |
before 3.16.3-150000.1.38.1 | 3.16.3-150000.1.38.1 |
helmSUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Containers 15 SP5 From an advisory covering 2 CVEs |
before 3.13.3-150000.1.32.1 | 3.13.3-150000.1.32.1 |
helmSUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP5 From an advisory covering 2 CVEs |
before 3.13.3-150000.1.32.1 | 3.13.3-150000.1.32.1 |
helmopenSUSE:Leap 15.5 From an advisory covering 2 CVEs |
before 3.13.3-150000.1.32.1 | 3.13.3-150000.1.32.1 |
helmSUSE:Linux Micro 6.0 From an advisory covering 5 CVEs |
before 3.17.2-1.1 | 3.17.2-1.1 |
helmSUSE:Linux Micro 6.1 From an advisory covering 5 CVEs |
before 3.17.2-slfo.1.1_1.1 | 3.17.2-slfo.1.1_1.1 |
helmUbuntu:16.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 1.9.1-11.9.2-1 |
None known |
helmUbuntu:18.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 2.8.2-12.8.5-12.8.6-12.8.7-12.8.8-1 |
None known |
helmUbuntu:20.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 3.2-13.5.0-33.6.0-1 |
None known |
helmUbuntu:22.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 3.7.0-23.8.0-1 |
None known |
helmUbuntu:24.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 3.8.4-1 |
None known |
helmUbuntu:25.10 |
All versions, plus listed versions 3.8.4-24.0.3-1 |
None known |
helmUbuntu:26.10 |
All versions, plus listed versions 4.0.6-34.0.7-1 |
None known |
helmUbuntu:26.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 4.0.3-14.0.6-14.0.6-24.0.6-3 |
None known |
helmopenSUSE:Tumbleweed |
before 3.14.2-2.1 | 3.14.2-2.1 |
helm3openSUSE:Tumbleweed From an advisory covering 20 CVEs |
before 3.19.2-1.1 | 3.19.2-1.1 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| affected, facts | ||
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2024-25620 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.4) in Helm, published February 14, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.57%, the 47th percentile. Fixed in helm.sh/helm/v3 3.14.1.
References
github.com/helm/helm/security/advisories/GHSA-v53g-5gjp-272r
github.com/helm/helm/commit/0d0f91d1ce277b2c8766cdc4c7aa04dbafbf2503
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-25620
github.com/helm/helm/releases/tag/v3.14.1
github.com/advisories/GHSA-v53g-5gjp-272r
github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/25xxx/CVE-2024-25620.json
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github.com/helm/helm
suse.com/support/update/announcement/-2024-4213/suse-ru-20244213-1
bugzilla.suse.com/1219969
bugzilla.suse.com/1220207
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-25620
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-26147
suse.com/support/update/announcement/2024/suse-su-20241137-1
suse.com/support/update/announcement/2025/suse-su-202520196-1
bugzilla.suse.com/1234482
bugzilla.suse.com/1235318
bugzilla.suse.com/1238688
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-45337
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-45338
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-22870
suse.com/support/update/announcement/2025/suse-su-202520278-1
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-25620
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-25620
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16873
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16874
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16875
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-21272
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-1996
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-23524
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-23525
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-23526
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-36055
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-25165
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-25173
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-22872
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-47911
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-53547
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-58190
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