CVE-2020-15187Injection in Helm

Severity
4.7MEDIUMNVD
CNA3.0
EPSS
0.2%
top 63.38%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedSep 17
Latest updateMay 24

Description

In Helm before versions 2.16.11 and 3.3.2, a Helm plugin can contain duplicates of the same entry, with the last one always used. If a plugin is compromised, this lowers the level of access that an attacker needs to modify a plugin's install hooks, causing a local execution attack. To perform this attack, an attacker must have write access to the git repository or plugin archive (.tgz) while being downloaded (which can occur during a MITM attack on a non-SSL connection). This issue has been patc

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:LExploitability: 1.2 | Impact: 3.4

Affected Packages4 packages

NVDhelm/helm2.0.02.16.11+1
Gohelm.sh/helm2.0.02.16.11
Gohelm.sh/helm_v33.0.03.3.2
CVEListV5helm/helm>= 2.0.0, < 2.16.11, >= 3.0.0, < 3.3.2+1

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
OSV
plugin.yaml file allows for duplicate entries in helm2021-05-24
GHSA
plugin.yaml file allows for duplicate entries in helm2021-05-24
CVEList
Duplicate plugin entries in Helm2020-09-17

📋Vendor Advisories

1
Red Hat
helm: write access to the git repository or plugin archive causing causing a local execution attack2020-09-18

💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2020-15187 helm: write access to the git repository or plugin archive causing causing a local execution attack2020-09-24
CVE-2020-15187 — Injection in Helm.sh Helm | cvebase