SCA: security update for helm.sh/helm (GHSA-p5pc-m4q7-7qm9)

critical Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 423232

Description

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

- In Helm 2.x before 2.15.2, commands that deal with loading a chart as a directory or packaging a chart
provide an opportunity for a maliciously designed chart to include sensitive content such as /etc/passwd,
or to execute a denial of service (DoS) via a special file such as /dev/urandom, via symlinks. No version
of Tiller is known to be impacted. This is a client-only issue. (CVE-2019-18658)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-p5pc-m4q7-7qm9

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 423232

Version: Revision 1.4

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/29/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 58

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-18658

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/24/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/12/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-18658

cwe: CWE-59