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CVE-2025-32386

Helm Allows A Specially Crafted Chart Archive To Cause Out Of Memory Termination

6.5 MediumFix available

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 be exhausted causing the application to terminate. This issue has been resolved in Helm v3.17.3.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
Required

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

0.47%Up 0.4 points since Apr 10, 2025
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 6.5

Helm Allows A Specially Crafted Chart Archive To Cause Out Of Memory Termination

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 be exhausted causing the application to terminate. This issue has been resolved in Helm v3.17.3.

Record
CVE-2025-32386
CVSS 3.1
6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness
CWE-789, CWE-770
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-10670 6.5

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 be exhausted causing the application to terminate. This issue has been resolved in Helm v3.17.3.

Record
EUVD-2025-10670
CVSS 3.1
6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-4hfp-h4cw-hj8p 6.5

Helm Allows A Specially Crafted Chart Archive To Cause Out Of Memory Termination

A Helm contributor discovered that a specially crafted chart archive file can cause Helm to use all available memory and have an out of memory (OOM) termination.

Impact

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 be exhausted causing the application to terminate.

Patches

This issue has been resolved in Helm v3.17.3.

Workarounds

Ensure that any chart archive files being loaded by Helm do not contain files that are large enough to cause the Helm Client or SDK to use up available memory leading to a termination.

For more information

Helm's security policy is spelled out in detail in our SECURITY document.

Credits

Disclosed by Jakub Ciolek at AlphaSense.

Record
GHSA-4hfp-h4cw-hj8p
CVSS 3.1
6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness
CWE-770, CWE-789
Updated
2026-11-02
NVD 6.5

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 be exhausted causing the application to terminate. This issue has been resolved in Helm v3.17.3.

Record
CVE-2025-32386
CVSS 3.1
6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness
CWE-770, CWE-789
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 6.5

Helm Allows A Specially Crafted Chart Archive To Cause Out Of Memory Termination

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 be exhausted causing the application to terminate. This issue has been resolved in Helm v3.17.3.

Record
CVE-2025-32386
CVSS 3.1
6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness
CWE-770, CWE-789
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-4hfp-h4cw-hj8p 6.5

Helm Allows A Specially Crafted Chart Archive To Cause Out Of Memory Termination

A Helm contributor discovered that a specially crafted chart archive file can cause Helm to use all available memory and have an out of memory (OOM) termination.

Impact

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 be exhausted causing the application to terminate.

Patches

This issue has been resolved in Helm v3.17.3.

Workarounds

Ensure that any chart archive files being loaded by Helm do not contain files that are large enough to cause the Helm Client or SDK to use up available memory leading to a termination.

For more information

Helm's security policy is spelled out in detail in our SECURITY document.

Credits

Disclosed by Jakub Ciolek at AlphaSense.

Record
GHSA-4hfp-h4cw-hj8p
CVSS 3.1
6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness
CWE-770, CWE-789
Updated
2026-11-02
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OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2025-32386 6.5

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 be exhausted causing the application to terminate. This issue has been resolved in Helm v3.17.3.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2025-32386
CVSS 3.1
6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVAZL-59808 No score

CVE-2025-32386 affecting package helm for versions less than 3.14.2-6

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 be exhausted causing the application to terminate. This issue has been resolved in Helm v3.17.3.

Record
AZL-59808
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVAZL-59838 No score

CVE-2025-32386 affecting package helm for versions less than 3.15.2-3

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 be exhausted causing the application to terminate. This issue has been resolved in Helm v3.17.3.

Record
AZL-59838
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVAZL-59991 No score

CVE-2025-32386 affecting package cert-manager for versions less than 1.12.15-4

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 be exhausted causing the application to terminate. This issue has been resolved in Helm v3.17.3.

Record
AZL-59991
Updated
2026-11-05
OSVAZL-60145 No score

CVE-2025-32386 affecting package cert-manager for versions less than 1.11.2-23

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 be exhausted causing the application to terminate. This issue has been resolved in Helm v3.17.3.

Record
AZL-60145
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVBIT-helm-2025-32386 No score

Helm Allows A Specially Crafted Chart Archive To Cause Out Of Memory Termination

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 be exhausted causing the application to terminate. This issue has been resolved in Helm v3.17.3.

Record
BIT-helm-2025-32386
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVGO-2025-3601 No score

Helm Allows A Specially Crafted Chart Archive To Cause Out Of Memory Termination in helm.sh/helm

Helm Allows A Specially Crafted Chart Archive To Cause Out Of Memory Termination in helm.sh/helm

Record
GO-2025-3601
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2025:14995-1 No score

govulncheck-vulndb-0.0.20250410T162706-1.1 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the govulncheck-vulndb-0.0.20250410T162706-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2025:14995-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2025:01830-1 No score

Security update for helm-mirror

This update for helm-mirror fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2025-32386: Fixed denial of service due to memory exhaustion after loading a specially crafter chart (bsc#1241028)
  • CVE-2025-32387: Fixed stack overflow due to parser recursion that can exceed the stack size limit (bsc#1241031)
Record
SUSE-SU-2025:01830-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2025:01830-2 No score

Security update for helm-mirror

This update for helm-mirror fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2025-32386: Fixed denial of service due to memory exhaustion after loading a specially crafter chart (bsc#1241028)
  • CVE-2025-32387: Fixed stack overflow due to parser recursion that can exceed the stack size limit (bsc#1241031)
Record
SUSE-SU-2025:01830-2
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2026:3056-1 No score

Security update for terraform-provider-aws, terraform-provider-azurerm, terraform-provider-external, terraform-provider-google, terraform-provider-helm, terraform-provider-kubernetes, terraform-provider-local, terraform-provider-null, terraform-provider-random, terraform-provider-tls

This update for terraform-provider-aws, terraform-provider-azurerm, terraform-provider-external, terraform-provider-google, terraform-provider-helm, terraform-provider-kubernetes, terraform-provider-local, terraform-provider-null, terraform-provider-random, terraform-provider-tls fixes the following issues

  • CVE-2022-41723: go1.19,go1.20: net/http2: quadratic complexity in HPACK decoding (bsc#1208300).
  • CVE-2025-22872: golang.org/x/net/html: incorrectly interpreted tags can cause content to be placed wrong scope during DOM construction (bsc#1241728).
  • CVE-2025-32386: helm: specially crafted chart archive can cause OOM termination (bsc#1241030).
  • CVE-2025-32387: helm: specially crafted JSON schema can cause a stack overflow (bsc#1241033).
  • CVE-2025-47911: golang.org/x/net/html: various algorithms have quadratic complexity when parsing HTML documents (bsc#1251365).
  • CVE-2025-47913: golang.org/x/crypto/ssh/agent: client process termination when receiving an unexpected message type in response to a key listing or signing request (bsc#1253508 bsc#1253517).
  • CVE-2025-47914: golang.org/x/crypto/ssh/agent: non validated message size can cause a panic due to an out of bounds read (bsc#1253980 bsc#1253983).
  • CVE-2025-58181: golang.org/x/crypto/ssh: invalidated number of mechanisms can cause unbounded memory consumption (bsc#1253797 bsc#1253799).
  • CVE-2025-58190: golang.org/x/net/html: specially crafted input can cause excessive memory consumption by html.ParseFragment (bsc#1251559).
  • CVE-2026-25680,CVE-2026-25681,CVE-2026-27136,CVE-2026-42502,CVE-2026-42506: golang.org/x/net/html: multiple issues when parsing HTML files (bsc#1267058).
  • CVE-2026-25934: github.com/go-git/go-git/v5: improper verification of data integrity values for .pack and .idx files can lead to the consumption of corrupted files (bsc#1258096).
  • CVE-2026-33186: google.golang.org/grpc: authorization bypass due to improper validation of the HTTP/2 :path pseudo-header (bsc#1260139 bsc#1260149 bsc#1260180).
  • CVE-2026-39821: golang.org/x/net/idna: failure to reject ASCII-only Punycode-encoded labels allows for validation bypass and privilege escalation (bsc#1266477 bsc#1266482 bsc#1266541 bsc#1266547).
  • CVE-2026-39827,CVE-2026-39828,CVE-2026-39829,CVE-2026-39830,CVE-2026-39831,CVE-2026-39832,CVE-2026-39833, CVE-2026-39834,CVE-2026-39835,CVE-2026-42508,CVE-2026-46595,CVE-2026-46597,CVE-2026-46598: golang.org/x/crypto/ssh: multiple issues in the crypto/ssh library (bsc#1266051 bsc#1266057 bsc#1266086 bsc#1266112 bsc#1266122 bsc#1266127 bsc#1266132 bsc#1266150 bsc#1266160).
  • CVE-2026-41506: github.com/go-git/go-git/v5: HTTP authentication credential leak when following redirects during smart-HTTP clone and fetch operations (bsc#1264862 bsc#1264888 bsc#1264938).
  • CVE-2026-41602: github.com/apache/thrift: TFramedTransport frame size headers can lead to a uint32 integer overflow (bsc#1263515).
  • CVE-2026-41603: github.com/apache/thrift: improper hostname verification in TSSLTransportFactory can lead to host mismatch (bsc#1263606).
  • CVE-2026-41604: github.com/apache/thrift: swift input with an invalid field range can lead to an out-of-bounds read and application crash (bsc#1263445).
  • CVE-2026-41605: github.com/apache/thrift: compact protocol messages with large integer values can lead to integer overflow (bsc#1263411).
  • CVE-2026-41606: github.com/apache/thrift: crafted nested messages in c_glib dispatch can lead to uncontrolled recursion and denial of service (bsc#1263357).
  • CVE-2026-41607: github.com/apache/thrift: crafted message with improper length validation can lead to an out-of-bounds read and potential information disclosure (bsc#1263313).
  • CVE-2026-41636: github.com/apache/thrift: uncontrolled recursion in Node.js bindings can lead to denial of service via stack exhaustion (bsc#1263247).
  • CVE-2026-44740: github.com/go-git/go-billy/v5: improper input handling in many components can lead to DoS…
Record
SUSE-SU-2026:3056-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
helm.sh/helm/v3
Go
before 3.17.3
3.17.3
helm
Azure Linux:2
before 3.14.2-6
3.14.2-6
helm
Azure Linux:3
before 3.15.2-3
3.15.2-3
cert-manager
Azure Linux:3
before 1.12.15-4
1.12.15-4
cert-manager
Azure Linux:2
before 1.11.2-23
1.11.2-23
helm
Bitnami
before 3.17.3
3.17.3
helm-mirror
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Containers 15 SP6
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 0.3.1-150000.1.18.2
0.3.1-150000.1.18.2
helm-mirror
openSUSE:Leap 15.6
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 0.3.1-150000.1.18.2
0.3.1-150000.1.18.2
helm-mirror
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Containers 15 SP7
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 0.3.1-150000.1.18.2
0.3.1-150000.1.18.2
terraform-provider-aws
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 15 SP4
From an advisory covering 41 CVEs
before 3.11.0-150200.6.18.1
3.11.0-150200.6.18.1
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
terraform-provider-azurerm
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 15 SP4
From an advisory covering 41 CVEs
before 2.32.0-150200.6.12.1
2.32.0-150200.6.12.1
terraform-provider-external
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 15 SP4
From an advisory covering 41 CVEs
before 2.0.0-150200.6.12.1
2.0.0-150200.6.12.1
terraform-provider-google
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 15 SP4
From an advisory covering 41 CVEs
before 3.43.0-150200.6.12.1
3.43.0-150200.6.12.1
terraform-provider-helm
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 15 SP4
From an advisory covering 41 CVEs
before 2.9.0-150200.6.23.1
2.9.0-150200.6.23.1
terraform-provider-kubernetes
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 15 SP4
From an advisory covering 41 CVEs
before 1.13.2-150200.6.12.1
1.13.2-150200.6.12.1
terraform-provider-local
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 15 SP4
From an advisory covering 41 CVEs
before 2.0.0-150200.6.17.1
2.0.0-150200.6.17.1
terraform-provider-null
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 15 SP4
From an advisory covering 41 CVEs
before 3.0.0-150200.6.18.1
3.0.0-150200.6.18.1
terraform-provider-random
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 15 SP4
From an advisory covering 41 CVEs
before 3.0.0-150200.6.15.1
3.0.0-150200.6.15.1
terraform-provider-tls
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 15 SP4
From an advisory covering 41 CVEs
before 3.0.0-150200.5.15.1
3.0.0-150200.5.15.1
terraform-provider-aws
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 15 SP5
From an advisory covering 41 CVEs
before 3.11.0-150200.6.18.1
3.11.0-150200.6.18.1
terraform-provider-azurerm
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 15 SP5
From an advisory covering 41 CVEs
before 2.32.0-150200.6.12.1
2.32.0-150200.6.12.1
terraform-provider-external
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 15 SP5
From an advisory covering 41 CVEs
before 2.0.0-150200.6.12.1
2.0.0-150200.6.12.1
terraform-provider-google
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 15 SP5
From an advisory covering 41 CVEs
before 3.43.0-150200.6.12.1
3.43.0-150200.6.12.1
terraform-provider-helm
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 15 SP5
From an advisory covering 41 CVEs
before 2.9.0-150200.6.23.1
2.9.0-150200.6.23.1
terraform-provider-kubernetes
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 15 SP5
From an advisory covering 41 CVEs
before 1.13.2-150200.6.12.1
1.13.2-150200.6.12.1
terraform-provider-local
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 15 SP5
From an advisory covering 41 CVEs
before 2.0.0-150200.6.17.1
2.0.0-150200.6.17.1
terraform-provider-null
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 15 SP5
From an advisory covering 41 CVEs
before 3.0.0-150200.6.18.1
3.0.0-150200.6.18.1
terraform-provider-random
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 15 SP5
From an advisory covering 41 CVEs
before 3.0.0-150200.6.15.1
3.0.0-150200.6.15.1
terraform-provider-tls
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 15 SP5
From an advisory covering 41 CVEs
before 3.0.0-150200.5.15.1
3.0.0-150200.5.15.1
helm
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
1.9.1-11.9.2-1
None known
helm
Ubuntu: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
helm
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
3.2-13.5.0-33.6.0-1
None known
helm
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
3.7.0-23.8.0-1
None known
helm
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
3.8.4-1
None known
helm
Ubuntu:25.10
All versions, plus listed versions
3.8.4-24.0.3-1
None known
helm
Ubuntu:26.10
All versions, plus listed versions
4.0.6-34.0.7-1
None known
helm
Ubuntu:26.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
4.0.3-14.0.6-14.0.6-24.0.6-3
None known
govulncheck-vulndb
openSUSE:Tumbleweed
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 0.0.20250410T162706-1.1
0.0.20250410T162706-1.1

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
affected
factsOSV
first indexedCVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2025-32386 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Helm, published April 9, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.47%, the 40th percentile. Fixed in helm.sh/helm/v3 3.17.3.

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