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SCA: security update for helm.sh/helm/v4 (GHSA-vmx8-mqv2-9gmg)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 440166

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. From 4.0.0 to 4.1.3, a specially crafted Helm plugin,
 when installed or updated, will cause Helm to write the contents of the plugin to an arbitrary filesystem
 location. To prevent this, validate that the plugin.yaml of the Helm plugin does not include a version:
 field containing POSIX dot-dot path separators ie. "/../". This vulnerability is fixed in 4.1.4.
 (CVE-2026-35204)

Solution

Update the helm.sh/helm/v4 library and its related packages to version 4.1.4 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vmx8-mqv2-9gmg

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 440166

Version: Revision 1.4

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 4/10/2026

Updated: 7/9/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5

Percentile: 94.14

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-35204

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.6

Temporal Score: 7.7

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.4

Threat Score: 7.1

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:H/VA:L/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/10/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/9/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-35204

cwe: CWE-22