CVE-2022-23524 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in Helm

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource ConsumptionCWE-770 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling7 documents6 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
CNA5.3
EPSS
0.1%
top 78.78%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
HelmHelm.sh Helm V3
Timeline
PublishedDec 15

Description

Helm is a tool for managing Charts, pre-configured Kubernetes resources. Versions prior to 3.10.3 are subject to Uncontrolled Resource Consumption, resulting in Denial of Service. Input to functions in the _strvals_ package can cause a stack overflow. In Go, a stack overflow cannot be recovered from. Applications that use functions from the _strvals_ package in the Helm SDK can have a Denial of Service attack when they use this package and it panics. This issue has been patched in 3.10.3. SDK us…

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages3 packages

▶CVEListV5helm/helm< v3.10.3
▶NVDhelm/helm3.0.0 — 3.10.3
▶Gohelm.sh/helm_v3< 3.10.3

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
CVEList
Helm vulnerable to Denial of service through string value parsing↗2022-12-15
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GHSA
Helm vulnerable to denial of service through string value parsing↗2022-12-14
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OSV
Denial of service in string value parsing in helm.sh/helm/v3↗2022-12-14
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OSV
Helm vulnerable to denial of service through string value parsing↗2022-12-14
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
helm: Denial of service through string value parsing↗2022-12-15
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Microsoft
Helm vulnerable to Denial of service through string value parsing↗2022-12-13
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