SB2026042092 - SUSE update for helm

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SB2026042092 - SUSE update for helm

Published: April 20, 2026

Security Bulletin ID SB2026042092
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-55199)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources. A remote attacker can craft a JSON Schema file in a manner which could cause Helm to use all available memory and have an out of memory (OOM) termination.


2) Improper input validation (CVE-ID: CVE-2026-35206)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to overwrite files in the target output directory.

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation in Chart extraction logic when processing a specially crafted Chart with helm pull --untar. A remote attacker can supply a crafted Chart whose Chart.yaml name is . to overwrite files in the target output directory.

User interaction is required to pull and extract the crafted Chart.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References