Improper Certificate Validation in Helm - CVE-2019-1010275

 

Improper Certificate Validation in Helm - CVE-2019-1010275

Published: July 26, 2019


Vulnerability identifier: #VU19389
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-1010275
CWE-ID: CWE-295
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: The Helm Project
Affected software:
Helm

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain unauthorized access to a targeted system.

The vulnerability exists due to the software allows self-signed certificates to pass the server-side certificate verification phase. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted certificate and connect to a targeted system.

How to mitigate CVE-2019-1010275

Install updates from vendor's website.

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