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.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch 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. (CVE-2025-32386)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

The version of cert-manager / helm installed on the remote Azure Linux 3.0 host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CVE-2025-32386 advisory.

  - 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. (CVE-2025-32386)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The version of cert-manager / helm installed on the remote CBL Mariner 2.0 host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CVE-2025-32386 advisory.

  - 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. (CVE-2025-32386)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2025:01830-2 advisory.

    - 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)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2025:01830-1 advisory.

    - 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)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
260285	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-32386	Nessus	Misc.	medium
241921	Azure Linux 3.0 Security Update: cert-manager / helm (CVE-2025-32386)	Nessus	Azure Linux Local Security Checks	medium
241909	CBL Mariner 2.0 Security Update: cert-manager / helm (CVE-2025-32386)	Nessus	MarinerOS Local Security Checks	medium
241607	SUSE SLES15 Security Update : helm-mirror (SUSE-SU-2025:01830-2)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
237919	SUSE SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : helm-mirror (SUSE-SU-2025:01830-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium

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