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SCA: security update for helm.sh/helm (GHSA-xrxm-mvqm-r553)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 434505

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - All versions of Helm between Helm >=2.0.0 and < 2.12.2 contains a CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a
 Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in The commands `helm fetch --untar`
 and `helm lint some.tgz` that can result when chart archive files are unpacked a file may be unpacked
 outside of the target directory. This attack appears to be exploitable via a victim must run a helm
 command on a specially crafted chart archive. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 2.12.2.
 (CVE-2019-1000008)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xrxm-mvqm-r553

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 434505

Version: Revision 1.3

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/19/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-1000008

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/14/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/4/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-1000008

cwe: CWE-22