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CVE-2025-55199

Helm Charts with Specific JSON Schema Values Can Cause Memory Exhaustion

6.5 MediumFix available

Helm is a package manager for Charts for Kubernetes. Prior to version 3.18.5, it is possible to craft a JSON Schema file in a manner which could cause Helm to use all available memory and have an out of memory (OOM) termination. This issue has been resolved in Helm 3.18.5. A workaround involves ensuring all Helm charts that are being loaded into Helm do not have any reference of $ref pointing to /dev/zero.

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

0.35%Up 0.3 points since Aug 14, 2025
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 6.5

Helm Charts with Specific JSON Schema Values Can Cause Memory Exhaustion

Helm is a package manager for Charts for Kubernetes. Prior to version 3.18.5, it is possible to craft a JSON Schema file in a manner which could cause Helm to use all available memory and have an out of memory (OOM) termination. This issue has been resolved in Helm 3.18.5. A workaround involves ensuring all Helm charts that are being loaded into Helm do not have any reference of $ref pointing to /dev/zero.

Record
CVE-2025-55199
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
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-24647 6.5

Helm is a package manager for Charts for Kubernetes. Prior to version 3.18.5, it is possible to craft a JSON Schema file in a manner which could cause Helm to use all available memory and have an out of memory (OOM) termination. This issue has been resolved in Helm 3.18.5. A workaround involves ensuring all Helm charts that are being loaded into Helm do not have any reference of $ref pointing to /dev/zero.

Record
EUVD-2025-24647
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-9h84-qmv7-982p 6.5

Helm Charts with Specific JSON Schema Values Can Cause Memory Exhaustion

A Helm contributor discovered that it was possible to craft a JSON Schema file in a manner which could cause Helm to use all available memory and have an out of memory (OOM) termination.

Impact

A malicious chart can point $ref in values.schema.json to a device (e.g. /dev/*) or other problem file which could cause Helm to use all available memory and have an out of memory (OOM) termination.

Patches

This issue has been resolved in Helm v3.18.5.

Workarounds

Make sure that all Helm charts that are being loaded into Helm doesn't have any reference of $ref pointing to /dev/zero.

References

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

Credits

Disclosed by Jakub Ciolek at AlphaSense.

Record
GHSA-9h84-qmv7-982p
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
Updated
2026-11-02
NVD 6.5

Helm is a package manager for Charts for Kubernetes. Prior to version 3.18.5, it is possible to craft a JSON Schema file in a manner which could cause Helm to use all available memory and have an out of memory (OOM) termination. This issue has been resolved in Helm 3.18.5. A workaround involves ensuring all Helm charts that are being loaded into Helm do not have any reference of $ref pointing to /dev/zero.

Record
CVE-2025-55199
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
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 6.5

Helm Charts with Specific JSON Schema Values Can Cause Memory Exhaustion

Helm is a package manager for Charts for Kubernetes. Prior to version 3.18.5, it is possible to craft a JSON Schema file in a manner which could cause Helm to use all available memory and have an out of memory (OOM) termination. This issue has been resolved in Helm 3.18.5. A workaround involves ensuring all Helm charts that are being loaded into Helm do not have any reference of $ref pointing to /dev/zero.

Record
CVE-2025-55199
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
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-9h84-qmv7-982p 6.5

Helm Charts with Specific JSON Schema Values Can Cause Memory Exhaustion

A Helm contributor discovered that it was possible to craft a JSON Schema file in a manner which could cause Helm to use all available memory and have an out of memory (OOM) termination.

Impact

A malicious chart can point $ref in values.schema.json to a device (e.g. /dev/*) or other problem file which could cause Helm to use all available memory and have an out of memory (OOM) termination.

Patches

This issue has been resolved in Helm v3.18.5.

Workarounds

Make sure that all Helm charts that are being loaded into Helm doesn't have any reference of $ref pointing to /dev/zero.

References

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

Credits

Disclosed by Jakub Ciolek at AlphaSense.

Record
GHSA-9h84-qmv7-982p
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
Updated
2026-11-02
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OSVAZL-66318 No score

CVE-2025-55199 affecting package helm 3.14.2-10

Helm is a package manager for Charts for Kubernetes. Prior to version 3.18.5, it is possible to craft a JSON Schema file in a manner which could cause Helm to use all available memory and have an out of memory (OOM) termination. This issue has been resolved in Helm 3.18.5. A workaround involves ensuring all Helm charts that are being loaded into Helm do not have any reference of $ref pointing to /dev/zero.

Record
AZL-66318
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVBIT-helm-2025-55199 No score

Helm Charts with Specific JSON Schema Values Can Cause Memory Exhaustion

Helm is a package manager for Charts for Kubernetes. Prior to version 3.18.5, it is possible to craft a JSON Schema file in a manner which could cause Helm to use all available memory and have an out of memory (OOM) termination. This issue has been resolved in Helm 3.18.5. A workaround involves ensuring all Helm charts that are being loaded into Helm do not have any reference of $ref pointing to /dev/zero.

Record
BIT-helm-2025-55199
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVGO-2025-3887 No score

Helm Charts with Specific JSON Schema Values Can Cause Memory Exhaustion in helm.sh/helm

Helm Charts with Specific JSON Schema Values Can Cause Memory Exhaustion in helm.sh/helm

Record
GO-2025-3887
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2025:15469-1 No score

govulncheck-vulndb-0.0.20250818T190335-1.1 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the govulncheck-vulndb-0.0.20250818T190335-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2025:15469-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2026:10318-1 No score

helm-4.1.1-3.1 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the helm-4.1.1-3.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2026:10318-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2026:10319-1 No score

helm3-3.20.0-2.1 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the helm3-3.20.0-2.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2026:10319-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2026:20655-1 No score

Security update for helm

This update for helm fixes the following issues:

Update to version 3.20.2.

Security issued fixed:

  • CVE-2025-55199: specially crafted JSON Schema can lead to out of memory (OOM) termination (bsc#1248093).
  • CVE-2026-35206: specially crafted Chart will have contents extracted to immediate output directory rather than to expected output directory suffixed by the Chart's name (bsc#1261938).

Other updates and bugfixes:

  • Version 3.20.1:
    • chore(deps): bump the k8s-io group with 7 updates a2369ca (dependabot[bot])
    • add image index test 90e1056 (Pedro T�rres)
    • fix pulling charts from OCI indices 911f2e9 (Pedro T�rres)
    • Remove refactorring changes from coalesce_test.go 76dad33 (Evans Mungai)
    • Fix import 45c12f7 (Evans Mungai)
    • Update pkg/chart/common/util/coalesce_test.go 26c6f19 (Evans Mungai)
    • Fix lint warning 09f5129 (Evans Mungai)
    • Preserve nil values in chart already 417deb2 (Evans Mungai)
    • fix(values): preserve nil values when chart default is empty map 5417bfa (Evans Mungai)
  • Version 3.20.0:
    • SDK: bump k8s API versions to v0.35.0
    • v3 backport: Fixed a bug where helm uninstall with --keep-history did not suspend previous deployed releases #12564
    • v3 backport: Bump Go version to v1.25
    • bump version to v3.20
    • chore(deps): bump golang.org/x/text from 0.32.0 to 0.33.0
    • chore(deps): bump golang.org/x/term from 0.38.0 to 0.39.0
    • chore(deps): bump github.com/foxcpp/go-mockdns from 1.1.0 to 1.2.0
    • chore(deps): bump the k8s-io group with 7 updates
    • [dev-v3] Replace deprecated NewSimpleClientset
    • [dev-v3] Bump Go v1.25, golangci-lint v2
    • chore(deps): bump github.com/BurntSushi/toml from 1.5.0 to 1.6.0
    • chore(deps): bump github.com/containerd/containerd from 1.7.29 to 1.7.30
    • fix(rollback): errors.Is instead of string comp
    • fix(uninstall): supersede deployed releases
    • Use latest patch release of Go in releases
    • chore(deps): bump golang.org/x/crypto from 0.45.0 to 0.46.0
    • chore(deps): bump golang.org/x/text from 0.31.0 to 0.32.0
    • chore(deps): bump golang.org/x/term from 0.37.0 to 0.38.0
    • chore(deps): bump github.com/spf13/cobra from 1.10.1 to 1.10.2
    • chore(deps): bump github.com/rubenv/sql-migrate from 1.8.0 to 1.8.1
    • chore(deps): bump golang.org/x/crypto from 0.44.0 to 0.45.0
    • chore(deps): bump github.com/cyphar/filepath-securejoin
    • chore(deps): bump golang.org/x/text from 0.30.0 to 0.31.0
    • chore(deps): bump golang.org/x/crypto from 0.43.0 to 0.44.0
    • Remove dev-v3 helm-latest-version publish
    • chore(deps): bump golang.org/x/term from 0.36.0 to 0.37.0 1.7.28 to 1.7.29
    • Revert "pkg/registry: Login option for passing TLS config in memory"
    • jsonschema: warn and ignore unresolved URN $ref to match v3.18.4
    • Fix helm pull untar dir check with repo urls
    • chore(deps): bump golang.org/x/crypto from 0.42.0 to 0.43.0
    • chore(deps): bump github.com/gofrs/flock from 0.12.1 to 0.13.0
    • chore(deps): bump golang.org/x/text from 0.29.0 to 0.30.0
    • [backport] fix: get-helm-3 script use helm3-latest-version
    • pkg/registry: Login option for passing TLS config in memory
    • Fix deprecation warning
    • chore(deps): bump golang.org/x/crypto from 0.41.0 to 0.42.0
    • chore(deps): bump golang.org/x/term from 0.34.0 to 0.35.0
    • Avoid "panic: interface conversion: interface {} is nil"
    • bump version to v3.19.0
    • chore(deps): bump github.com/spf13/pflag from 1.0.7 to 1.0.10
    • fix: set repo authorizer in registry.Client.Resolve()
    • fix null merge
    • Add timeout flag to repo add and update flags
  • Version 3.19.5:
    • Fixed bug where removing subchart value via override resulted in warning #31118
    • Fixed bug where helm uninstall with --keep-history did not suspend previous deployed releases #12556
    • fix(rollback): errors.Is instead of string comp 4a19a5b (Hidde Beydals)
    • fix(uninstall): supersede deployed releases 7a00235 (Hidde Beydals)
    • fix null merge 578564e (Ben Foster)
  • Version 3.19.4:
    • Use latest…
Record
openSUSE-SU-2026:20655-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2026:21483-1 No score

Security update for govulncheck-vulndb

This update for govulncheck-vulndb fixes the following issues:

  • Update to version 0.0.20260723T184607 2026-07-23T18:46:07Z (jsc#PED-11136).

Go CVE Numbering Authority IDs added or updated with aliases:

  • GO-2026-4730 CVE-2026-33022 GHSA-cv4x-93xx-wgfj
  • GO-2026-4761 CVE-2026-33211 GHSA-j5q5-j9gm-2w5c
  • GO-2026-5102 CVE-2026-45021 GHSA-3vcp-chfh-f6r2
  • GO-2026-5272 CVE-2026-40938 GHSA-94jr-7pqp-xhcq
  • GO-2026-5486 CVE-2026-40924 GHSA-m2cx-gpqf-qf74
  • GO-2026-5542 CVE-2026-40090 GHSA-pj97-4p9w-gx3q
  • GO-2026-5630 CVE-2026-25542 GHSA-rmx9-2pp3-xhcr
  • GO-2026-5643 CVE-2026-40923 GHSA-rx35-6rhx-7858
  • GO-2026-5675 CVE-2026-41492 GHSA-vvf7-6rmr-m29q
  • GO-2026-5711 CVE-2026-40161 GHSA-wjxp-xrpv-xpff
  • GO-2026-5746 CVE-2026-41567 GHSA-x86f-5xw2-fm2r
  • GO-2026-5749 CVE-2026-41328 GHSA-x92x-px7w-4gx4
  • GO-2026-5837 CVE-2026-44840 GHSA-q2m9-6jp9-c6mc
  • GO-2026-5929 CVE-2026-44342 GHSA-26v7-h57m-gh9m
  • GO-2026-5930 CVE-2026-33655 GHSA-6qcr-qxgr-m7fv
  • GO-2026-5933 GHSA-3g4q-2f67-2gvh
  • GO-2026-5934 GHSA-59qp-cfj3-rp64
  • GO-2026-5935 GHSA-7856-g3gv-9wq8
  • GO-2026-5936 CVE-2026-53552 GHSA-26rh-24rg-j3vv
  • GO-2026-5937 CVE-2026-53508 GHSA-2jcc-mxv7-p3f9
  • GO-2026-5938 CVE-2026-53553 GHSA-4g5x-hcwm-82jw
  • GO-2026-5939 CVE-2026-10517 GHSA-698x-9w2p-7vvp
  • GO-2026-5940 CVE-2026-53572 GHSA-6w3m-4hhp-775q
  • GO-2026-5941 CVE-2026-53487 GHSA-gvhc-wv3v-7pf8
  • GO-2026-5942 CVE-2026-46600
  • GO-2026-5944 CVE-2026-50197 GHSA-659f-rgp5-w4wf
  • GO-2026-5945 CVE-2026-6815 GHSA-rmxx-v9rj-vpvg
  • GO-2026-5946 CVE-2026-52831 GHSA-v5px-423j-pf7p
  • GO-2026-5947 CVE-2026-53649 GHSA-xqhv-chqm-fhcc
  • GO-2026-5948 CVE-2026-50554 GHSA-588f-fvcv-xhvf
  • GO-2026-5949 CVE-2026-50553 GHSA-rqrh-8wpv-x7hh
  • GO-2026-5950 CVE-2026-53602 GHSA-339v-266x-79xr
  • GO-2026-5951 CVE-2026-10219 GHSA-6jm8-4fhr-5w64
  • GO-2026-5952 CVE-2026-49834 GHSA-9vcr-p3rj-q5q6
  • GO-2026-5953 CVE-2026-9094 GHSA-c9w5-qp6m-m395
  • GO-2026-5956 CVE-2026-55252 GHSA-h5g6-xmh4-hc37
  • GO-2026-5957 CVE-2026-54158 GHSA-5xfx-xj4h-5p7r
  • GO-2026-5958 CVE-2026-54068 GHSA-gcm7-57gf-953c
  • GO-2026-5959 CVE-2026-54072 GHSA-h29v-hj44-q8cv
  • GO-2026-5961 CVE-2026-54069 GHSA-hvr9-72v2-fff3
  • GO-2026-5962 CVE-2026-54088 GHSA-m93h-4hw7-5qcm
  • GO-2026-5963 CVE-2026-54067 GHSA-mvjr-vv3c-w4qv
  • GO-2026-5964 CVE-2026-54066 GHSA-p4m3-mgmm-c664
  • GO-2026-5965 CVE-2026-54070 GHSA-w7cg-whh7-xp28
  • GO-2026-5966 CVE-2026-54089 GHSA-xqp3-jq6g-x3qm
  • GO-2026-5967 CVE-2026-50551 GHSA-56mp-4f3v-fgj2
  • GO-2026-5968 CVE-2026-54174 GHSA-fpg8-7664-jc5q
  • GO-2026-5969 GHSA-g936-7jqj-mwv8
  • GO-2026-5970 CVE-2026-56852
  • GO-2026-5973 CVE-2026-54250 GHSA-jxr7-mqhw-9p98
  • GO-2026-5974 CVE-2026-44300 GHSA-wmj8-9953-vff5
  • GO-2026-5975 CVE-2026-50018 GHSA-42j2-w334-qxw7
  • GO-2026-5976 CVE-2026-50141 GHSA-g7mm-9vx7-jm7h
  • GO-2026-5977 CVE-2026-50013 GHSA-qrh4-p6v4-mrfg
  • GO-2026-5978 CVE-2026-50125 GHSA-qw5r-ppcg-f8rj
  • GO-2026-5979 CVE-2026-50006 GHSA-xrcf-6jh3-ggvx
  • GO-2026-5980 CVE-2026-50158 GHSA-2c7f-fxww-6w6c
  • GO-2026-5981 GHSA-mqxv-9rm6-w8qc
  • GO-2026-5982 GHSA-pqg7-v6wh-3pfp
  • GO-2026-5984 CVE-2026-53604 GHSA-2p2f-px33-4vv5
  • GO-2026-5985 GHSA-7rx3-5wx3-5v76
  • GO-2026-5986 CVE-2026-61699 GHSA-cm26-5974-52h8
  • GO-2026-5987 CVE-2026-55513 GHSA-g4x6-jcvr-9m3g
  • GO-2026-5988 CVE-2026-54628 GHSA-hwrq-8wxh-q4xv
  • GO-2026-5989 CVE-2026-55512 GHSA-m3cx-mwpg-32jg
  • GO-2026-5990 CVE-2026-54629 GHSA-mf78-3rpf-r784
  • GO-2026-5991 CVE-2026-53603 GHSA-q4vm-pq3q-8wgq
  • GO-2026-5992 CVE-2026-61549 GHSA-qf34-295c-26v8
  • GO-2026-5996 CVE-2026-54450 GHSA-pph6-vfjv-vpjw
  • GO-2026-5997 CVE-2026-54452 GHSA-xgch-x3mx-cm3c
  • GO-2026-5998 CVE-2026-54495 GHSA-398h-7f66-3h4p
  • GO-2026-5999 CVE-2026-10814 GHSA-jh6h-v6mp-h22v
  • GO-2026-6002 CVE-2026-58196 GHSA-pr64-jmmf-jp54
  • GO-2026-6003 CVE-2026-53714 GHSA-22xc-xg2r-9j7v
  • GO-2026-6004 CVE-2026-52833 GHSA-3v79-m2cg-89ww
  • GO-2026-6005 CVE-2026-53715 GHSA-8fv2-88gg-hm7q
  • GO-2026-6006 CVE-2026-53716 GHSA-cxpq-8v7q-cg56 *…
Record
openSUSE-SU-2026:21483-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2026:1483-1 No score

Security update for helm

This update for helm fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2025-55199: crafted JSON Schema can lead to out of memory (OOM) termination (bsc#1248093).
  • CVE-2026-35206: files written to unexpected directory via specially crafted Chart(bsc#1261938).

Changes for helm:

  • Update to version 3.20.2
Record
SUSE-SU-2026:1483-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2026:21434-1 No score

Security update for helm

This update for helm fixes the following issues:

Update to version 3.20.2.

Security issued fixed:

  • CVE-2025-55199: specially crafted JSON Schema can lead to out of memory (OOM) termination (bsc#1248093).
  • CVE-2026-35206: specially crafted Chart will have contents extracted to immediate output directory rather than to expected output directory suffixed by the Chart's name (bsc#1261938).

Other updates and bugfixes:

  • Version 3.20.1:
    • chore(deps): bump the k8s-io group with 7 updates a2369ca (dependabot[bot])
    • add image index test 90e1056 (Pedro Torres)
    • fix pulling charts from OCI indices 911f2e9 (Pedro Torres)
    • Remove refactorring changes from coalesce_test.go 76dad33 (Evans Mungai)
    • Fix import 45c12f7 (Evans Mungai)
    • Update pkg/chart/common/util/coalesce_test.go 26c6f19 (Evans Mungai)
    • Fix lint warning 09f5129 (Evans Mungai)
    • Preserve nil values in chart already 417deb2 (Evans Mungai)
    • fix(values): preserve nil values when chart default is empty map 5417bfa (Evans Mungai)
  • Version 3.20.0:
    • SDK: bump k8s API versions to v0.35.0
    • v3 backport: Fixed a bug where helm uninstall with --keep-history did not suspend previous deployed releases #12564
    • v3 backport: Bump Go version to v1.25
    • bump version to v3.20
    • chore(deps): bump golang.org/x/text from 0.32.0 to 0.33.0
    • chore(deps): bump golang.org/x/term from 0.38.0 to 0.39.0
    • chore(deps): bump github.com/foxcpp/go-mockdns from 1.1.0 to 1.2.0
    • chore(deps): bump the k8s-io group with 7 updates
    • [dev-v3] Replace deprecated NewSimpleClientset
    • [dev-v3] Bump Go v1.25, golangci-lint v2
    • chore(deps): bump github.com/BurntSushi/toml from 1.5.0 to 1.6.0
    • chore(deps): bump github.com/containerd/containerd from 1.7.29 to 1.7.30
    • fix(rollback): errors.Is instead of string comp
    • fix(uninstall): supersede deployed releases
    • Use latest patch release of Go in releases
    • chore(deps): bump golang.org/x/crypto from 0.45.0 to 0.46.0
    • chore(deps): bump golang.org/x/text from 0.31.0 to 0.32.0
    • chore(deps): bump golang.org/x/term from 0.37.0 to 0.38.0
    • chore(deps): bump github.com/spf13/cobra from 1.10.1 to 1.10.2
    • chore(deps): bump github.com/rubenv/sql-migrate from 1.8.0 to 1.8.1
    • chore(deps): bump golang.org/x/crypto from 0.44.0 to 0.45.0
    • chore(deps): bump github.com/cyphar/filepath-securejoin
    • chore(deps): bump golang.org/x/text from 0.30.0 to 0.31.0
    • chore(deps): bump golang.org/x/crypto from 0.43.0 to 0.44.0
    • Remove dev-v3 helm-latest-version publish
    • chore(deps): bump golang.org/x/term from 0.36.0 to 0.37.0 1.7.28 to 1.7.29
    • Revert "pkg/registry: Login option for passing TLS config in memory"
    • jsonschema: warn and ignore unresolved URN $ref to match v3.18.4
    • Fix helm pull untar dir check with repo urls
    • chore(deps): bump golang.org/x/crypto from 0.42.0 to 0.43.0
    • chore(deps): bump github.com/gofrs/flock from 0.12.1 to 0.13.0
    • chore(deps): bump golang.org/x/text from 0.29.0 to 0.30.0
    • [backport] fix: get-helm-3 script use helm3-latest-version
    • pkg/registry: Login option for passing TLS config in memory
    • Fix deprecation warning
    • chore(deps): bump golang.org/x/crypto from 0.41.0 to 0.42.0
    • chore(deps): bump golang.org/x/term from 0.34.0 to 0.35.0
    • Avoid "panic: interface conversion: interface {} is nil"
    • bump version to v3.19.0
    • chore(deps): bump github.com/spf13/pflag from 1.0.7 to 1.0.10
    • fix: set repo authorizer in registry.Client.Resolve()
    • fix null merge
    • Add timeout flag to repo add and update flags
  • Version 3.19.5:
    • Fixed bug where removing subchart value via override resulted in warning #31118
    • Fixed bug where helm uninstall with --keep-history did not suspend previous deployed releases #12556
    • fix(rollback): errors.Is instead of string comp 4a19a5b (Hidde Beydals)
    • fix(uninstall): supersede deployed releases 7a00235 (Hidde Beydals)
    • fix null merge 578564e (Ben Foster)
  • Version 3.19.4:
    • Use latest…
Record
SUSE-SU-2026:21434-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2026:21461-1 No score

Security update for helm

This update for helm fixes the following issues:

Update to version 3.20.2.

Security issued fixed:

  • CVE-2025-55199: specially crafted JSON Schema can lead to out of memory (OOM) termination (bsc#1248093).
  • CVE-2026-35206: specially crafted Chart will have contents extracted to immediate output directory rather than to expected output directory suffixed by the Chart's name (bsc#1261938).

Other updates and bugfixes:

  • Version 3.20.1:
    • chore(deps): bump the k8s-io group with 7 updates a2369ca (dependabot[bot])
    • add image index test 90e1056 (Pedro Torres)
    • fix pulling charts from OCI indices 911f2e9 (Pedro Torres)
    • Remove refactorring changes from coalesce_test.go 76dad33 (Evans Mungai)
    • Fix import 45c12f7 (Evans Mungai)
    • Update pkg/chart/common/util/coalesce_test.go 26c6f19 (Evans Mungai)
    • Fix lint warning 09f5129 (Evans Mungai)
    • Preserve nil values in chart already 417deb2 (Evans Mungai)
    • fix(values): preserve nil values when chart default is empty map 5417bfa (Evans Mungai)
  • Version 3.20.0:
    • SDK: bump k8s API versions to v0.35.0
    • v3 backport: Fixed a bug where helm uninstall with --keep-history did not suspend previous deployed releases #12564
    • v3 backport: Bump Go version to v1.25
    • bump version to v3.20
    • chore(deps): bump golang.org/x/text from 0.32.0 to 0.33.0
    • chore(deps): bump golang.org/x/term from 0.38.0 to 0.39.0
    • chore(deps): bump github.com/foxcpp/go-mockdns from 1.1.0 to 1.2.0
    • chore(deps): bump the k8s-io group with 7 updates
    • [dev-v3] Replace deprecated NewSimpleClientset
    • [dev-v3] Bump Go v1.25, golangci-lint v2
    • chore(deps): bump github.com/BurntSushi/toml from 1.5.0 to 1.6.0
    • chore(deps): bump github.com/containerd/containerd from 1.7.29 to 1.7.30
    • fix(rollback): errors.Is instead of string comp
    • fix(uninstall): supersede deployed releases
    • Use latest patch release of Go in releases
    • chore(deps): bump golang.org/x/crypto from 0.45.0 to 0.46.0
    • chore(deps): bump golang.org/x/text from 0.31.0 to 0.32.0
    • chore(deps): bump golang.org/x/term from 0.37.0 to 0.38.0
    • chore(deps): bump github.com/spf13/cobra from 1.10.1 to 1.10.2
    • chore(deps): bump github.com/rubenv/sql-migrate from 1.8.0 to 1.8.1
    • chore(deps): bump golang.org/x/crypto from 0.44.0 to 0.45.0
    • chore(deps): bump github.com/cyphar/filepath-securejoin
    • chore(deps): bump golang.org/x/text from 0.30.0 to 0.31.0
    • chore(deps): bump golang.org/x/crypto from 0.43.0 to 0.44.0
    • Remove dev-v3 helm-latest-version publish
    • chore(deps): bump golang.org/x/term from 0.36.0 to 0.37.0 1.7.28 to 1.7.29
    • Revert "pkg/registry: Login option for passing TLS config in memory"
    • jsonschema: warn and ignore unresolved URN $ref to match v3.18.4
    • Fix helm pull untar dir check with repo urls
    • chore(deps): bump golang.org/x/crypto from 0.42.0 to 0.43.0
    • chore(deps): bump github.com/gofrs/flock from 0.12.1 to 0.13.0
    • chore(deps): bump golang.org/x/text from 0.29.0 to 0.30.0
    • [backport] fix: get-helm-3 script use helm3-latest-version
    • pkg/registry: Login option for passing TLS config in memory
    • Fix deprecation warning
    • chore(deps): bump golang.org/x/crypto from 0.41.0 to 0.42.0
    • chore(deps): bump golang.org/x/term from 0.34.0 to 0.35.0
    • Avoid "panic: interface conversion: interface {} is nil"
    • bump version to v3.19.0
    • chore(deps): bump github.com/spf13/pflag from 1.0.7 to 1.0.10
    • fix: set repo authorizer in registry.Client.Resolve()
    • fix null merge
    • Add timeout flag to repo add and update flags
  • Version 3.19.5:
    • Fixed bug where removing subchart value via override resulted in warning #31118
    • Fixed bug where helm uninstall with --keep-history did not suspend previous deployed releases #12556
    • fix(rollback): errors.Is instead of string comp 4a19a5b (Hidde Beydals)
    • fix(uninstall): supersede deployed releases 7a00235 (Hidde Beydals)
    • fix null merge 578564e (Ben Foster)
  • Version 3.19.4:
    • Use latest…
Record
SUSE-SU-2026:21461-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2026:21628-1 No score

Security update for helm

This update for helm fixes the following issues

Security issues:

  • CVE-2025-55199: crafted JSON Schema can lead to out of memory (OOM) termination (bsc#1248093).
  • CVE-2026-35206: github.com/helm/helm: Helm: Files written to unexpected directory via specially crafted Chart (bsc#1261938).

Non security issue:

  • Update to version 3.20.2
  • Fix packages for %suse_version bump (jsc#PED-15794).
Record
SUSE-SU-2026:21628-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2026:21635-1 No score

Security update for helm

This update for helm fixes the following issues

Security issues:

  • CVE-2025-55199: crafted JSON Schema can lead to out of memory (OOM) termination (bsc#1248093).
  • CVE-2026-35206: github.com/helm/helm: Helm: Files written to unexpected directory via specially crafted Chart (bsc#1261938).

Non security issue:

  • Update to version 3.20.2
  • Fix packages for %suse_version bump (jsc#PED-15794).
Record
SUSE-SU-2026:21635-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
helm.sh/helm/v3
Go
 before 3.18.5
3.18.5
helm
Azure Linux:2
 through 3.14.2-10 None known
helm
Bitnami
 before 3.18.5
3.18.5
helm.sh/helm
Go
 All versions None known
helm
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 3.20.2-150000.1.71.2
3.20.2-150000.1.71.2
helm
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Containers 15 SP7
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 3.20.2-150000.1.71.2
3.20.2-150000.1.71.2
helm
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP7
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 3.20.2-150000.1.71.2
3.20.2-150000.1.71.2
helm
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 16.0
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 3.20.2-160000.1.1
3.20.2-160000.1.1
helm
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 3.20.2-160000.1.1
3.20.2-160000.1.1
helm
SUSE:Linux Micro 6.2
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 3.20.2-160000.1.1
3.20.2-160000.1.1
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
govulncheck-vulndb
openSUSE:Tumbleweed
From an advisory covering 19 CVEs
 before 0.0.20250818T190335-1.1
0.0.20250818T190335-1.1
helm
openSUSE:Tumbleweed
 before 4.1.1-3.1
4.1.1-3.1
helm3
openSUSE:Tumbleweed
 before 3.20.0-2.1
3.20.0-2.1
govulncheck-vulndb
openSUSE:Leap 16.0
From an advisory covering 1734 CVEs
 before 0.0.20260723T184607-160000.1.1
0.0.20260723T184607-160000.1.1

History

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

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

In short

CVE-2025-55199 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Helm, published August 13, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.35%, the 29th percentile. Fixed in helm.sh/helm/v3 3.18.5.

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