{"answers":{"affected":"3 open source packages ship an affected version, including helm.sh/helm/v3 and helm. It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-4053 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Upgrade helm.sh/helm/v3 to 3.2.4 or later.","what":"CVE-2020-4053 is a low-severity path traversal vulnerability in The Helm Project Helm, published on 16 Jun 2020. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2020-4053 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2020-4053 is a low-severity path traversal vulnerability in The Helm Project Helm, published on 16 Jun 2020. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-4053 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected packages and fixed versions:\n- helm.sh/helm/v3 (Go): affected from 3.0.0; fixed in 3.2.4\n- helm.sh/helm/v3 (Go): affected from 3.0.0; fixed in 3.2.4\n- helm (Bitnami): affected from 3.0.0; fixed in 3.2.4\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-4053/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-4053/index.md)","id":"CVE-2020-4053","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-4053/index.md","name":"CVE-2020-4053","record":{"aliases":["BIT-helm-2020-4053","GHSA-qq3j-xp49-j73f"],"analysis":{"component_type":"developer_tool","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["data_modify"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Helm package manager","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"A malicious plugin author can exploit path traversal in Helm to copy files outside the intended directory during plugin installation.","user_interaction":"required","vuln_class":"path_traversal"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"GitHub_M","cpe":[{"product":"helm","vendor":"helm"}],"cvss":{"score":3.7,"severity":"low","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-22","name":"Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory"}],"description":"In Helm greater than or equal to 3.0.0 and less than 3.2.4, a path traversal attack is possible when installing Helm plugins from a tar archive over HTTP. It is possible for a malicious plugin author to inject a relative path into a plugin archive, and copy a file outside of the intended directory. This has been fixed in 3.2.4.","ecosystems":["Bitnami","Go"],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":true,"headline":"Path Traversal in Helm Plugin Archive","id":"CVE-2020-4053","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":"Bitnami","product":null,"products":[],"type":"path_traversal","year":"2020"},"n_packages":3,"n_references":3,"next":{"headline":"Cross-site Scripting in Sanitize","id":"CVE-2020-4054"},"packages":[{"ecosystem":"Bitnami","fixed":["3.2.4"],"introduced":["3.0.0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"helm","purl":"pkg:bitnami/helm","source":"BIT-helm-2020-4053"},{"ecosystem":"Go","fixed":["3.2.4"],"introduced":["3.0.0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"helm.sh/helm/v3","purl":null,"source":"GHSA-qq3j-xp49-j73f"},{"ecosystem":"Go","fixed":["3.2.4"],"introduced":["3.0.0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"helm.sh/helm/v3","purl":"pkg:golang/helm.sh/helm/v3","source":"GHSA-qq3j-xp49-j73f"}],"prev":{"headline":"Stored XSS through template injection in Wiki.js","id":"CVE-2020-4052"},"products":["Helm"],"published":"2020-06-16","related":[{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Helm Unsafe Link Following","id":"CVE-2019-18658","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2019-11-12"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Helm Improper Certificate Validation","id":"CVE-2019-1010275","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2019-07-17"},{"cvss_score":9.1,"headline":"Information disclosure in n/a","id":"CVE-2019-25210","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2024-03-03"},{"cvss_score":8.5,"headline":"Helm Chart Dependency Updating With Malicious Chart.yaml Content And Symlink Can Lead To Code Execution","id":"CVE-2025-53547","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2025-07-08"},{"cvss_score":8.5,"headline":"lookup Function Information Discolosure in Helm","id":"CVE-2020-11013","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2020-04-24"},{"cvss_score":8.4,"headline":"Helm has a path traversal in plugin metadata version enables arbitrary file write outside Helm plugin directory","id":"CVE-2026-35204","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2026-04-09"},{"cvss_score":8.4,"headline":"Helm's plugin verification fails open when .prov is missing, allowing unsigned plugin install","id":"CVE-2026-35205","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2026-04-09"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"Apache-2.0","name":"Bitnami","prefix":"BIT"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CC BY 4.0","name":"GitHub Advisory Database","prefix":"GHSA"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2024-08-04","vendors":["The Helm Project"]},"summary":"A malicious plugin author can exploit path traversal in Helm to copy files outside the intended directory during plugin installation.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-4053/"}