Use of uninitialized variable in Helm - CVE-2024-26147
Published: April 3, 2024 / Updated: December 6, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU88098
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-26147
CWE-ID: CWE-457
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 usage of an uninitialized variable when using the LoadIndexFile or DownloadIndexFile functions in the repo
package or the LoadDir function in the plugin package. If index.yaml file or a plugins plugin.yaml file are missing in the repository, the application crashes.
How to mitigate CVE-2024-26147
Install updates from vendor's website.