CVE-2022-23524

Helm vulnerable to Denial of service through string value parsing

Published Dec 15, 2022 CVSS 3.1 · 5.3 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
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 users can validate strings supplied by users won't create large arrays causing significant memory usage before passing them to the _strvals_ functions.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2022-7540 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 users can validate strings supplied by users won't create large arrays causing significant memory usage before passing them to the _strvals_ functions.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-6rx9-889q-vv2r Helm vulnerable to denial of service through string value parsing
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{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
Apr 18, 2025, 3:59 PM
Reserved
Jan 19, 2022, 9:23 PM
Status
Modified
Published
Dec 15, 2022, 7:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 4:30 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Dec 15, 2022, 12:00 AM