CVE-2025-32386

MEDIUM

Helm < 3.17.3 - Denial of Service via Malicious Chart Archive Expansion

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Helm is a tool for managing Charts. A chart archive file can be crafted in a manner where it expands to be significantly larger uncompressed than compressed (e.g., >800x difference). When Helm loads this specially crafted chart, memory can be exhausted causing the application to terminate. This issue has been resolved in Helm v3.17.3.

References (2)

Core 2

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5
EPSS 0.0036
EPSS Percentile 27.4%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-770 CWE-789
Status published
Products (2)
helm/helm < 3.17.3
helm/v3 0 - 3.17.3Go
Published Apr 09, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026