Record summary

CVE-2022-23524 has a selected CVSS score of 5.3 (medium).

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.

Description source: CVE List

Exploitation context

CISA SSVC decision

ExploitationNone
AutomatableYes
Technical impactPartial

CISA Coordinator · SSVC 2.0.3 · Evaluated Apr 18, 2025 · Source: CVE List

Affected products and versions

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ProductSourceVersion rangeStatus
CVE List< v3.10.3affected
GitHub AdvisoryBefore 3.10.3 · Fixed in 3.10.3affected

References

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