CVE-2024-25620 | Dependency management path traversal in helm

Helm is a tool for managing Charts. Charts are packages of pre-configured Kubernetes resources. When either the Helm client or SDK is used to save a chart whose name within the `Chart.yaml` file includes a relative path change, the chart would be saved outside its expected directory based on the changes in the relative path. The validation and linting did not detect the path changes in the name. This issue has been resolved in Helm v3.14.1. Users unable to upgrade should check all charts used by Helm for path changes in their name as found in the `Chart.yaml` file. This includes dependencies.

Published: 2024-02-15 Last update: 2025-01-09 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Analyzed，CVE State: published
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CVE-2024-25620 is rated Low Risk (38.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.17%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2024-25620

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-11-21 0.27% 0.17% -0.11%
2 2025-11-18 0.17% 0.27% +0.11%
3 2025-07-05 — 0.17% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2024-25620

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.4 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:L)
Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 3.1 2.7 [email protected]
6.4 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:L)
Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 3.1 2.7 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2024-25620

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2024-25620

GHSA-v53g-5gjp-272r · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: go — Helm dependency management path traversal

OS Trackers for CVE-2024-25620

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2024-25620: 1 source package rows (helm); 4 state rows across 2 repos (3.22-community, edge-community); fixed 0, open 4. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2024-25620
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-25620
suse medium CVE-2024-25620 severity moderate: SUSE including 26 source package names (3.17.3-8.1:helm-3.16.3-150000.1.38.1, helm-3.13.3-150000.1.32.1, …), 49 product×package rows across 19 product lines (Container suse/helm, SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5, … (19 product lines)): Fixed 49. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-25620/
ubuntu medium CVE-2024-25620 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (helm), 11 status rows across 11 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): needs-triage 7, ignored 3, DNE 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-25620

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2024-25620

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
helm helm < 3.14.1 cpe:2.3:a:helm:helm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2024-25620

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