Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in Helm - CVE-2025-55199
Published: February 23, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU123133
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-55199
CWE-ID: CWE-770
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: The Helm Project
Affected software:
Helm
Helm
Detailed vulnerability description
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.
How to mitigate CVE-2025-55199
Install updates from vendor's website.