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SCA: security update for helm.sh/helm/v3 (GHSA-f9f8-9pmf-xv68)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 433362

Description

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

 - Helm is a package manager for Charts for Kubernetes. Prior to version 3.18.5, when parsing Chart.yaml and
 index.yaml files, an improper validation of type error can lead to a panic. This issue has been resolved
 in Helm 3.18.5. A workaround involves ensuring YAML files are formatted as Helm expects prior to
 processing them with Helm. (CVE-2025-55198)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-f9f8-9pmf-xv68

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 433362

Version: Revision 1.6

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/14/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.51

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-55198

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/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: 8/14/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/13/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-55198

cwe: CWE-908