{"answers":{"affected":"5 open source packages ship an affected version, including helm.sh/helm/v3, helm and helm.sh/helm. It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-55198 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Upgrade helm.sh/helm/v3 to 3.18.5 or later.","what":"CVE-2025-55198 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in helm, published on 13 Aug 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2025-55198 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2025-55198 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in helm, published on 13 Aug 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-55198 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected packages and fixed versions:\n- helm.sh/helm/v3 (Go): affected all versions; fixed in 3.18.5\n- helm.sh/helm/v3 (Go): affected all versions; fixed in 3.18.5\n- helm.sh/helm/v3 (Go): affected all versions; fixed in 3.18.5\n- helm (Bitnami): affected all versions; fixed in 3.18.5\n- helm.sh/helm (Go): affected all versions; no fix listed\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-2025-55198/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-55198/index.md)","id":"CVE-2025-55198","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-55198/index.md","name":"CVE-2025-55198","record":{"aliases":["AZL-66315","BIT-helm-2025-55198","CLEANSTART-2026-CD99087","CLEANSTART-2026-JC23745","CLEANSTART-2026-ON36329","ECHO-dae0-c4a3-662c","GHSA-f9f8-9pmf-xv68","GO-2025-3888","MINI-2whr-j866-5c6v","MINI-3pcf-9q83-hv7g","MINI-44wx-j6v6-8gq8","MINI-4r6v-8c5q-hq9c","MINI-779c-f52j-vj2h","MINI-7x54-q3j2-w4pv","MINI-8432-fqwv-2gf8","MINI-8jh5-m4fr-cxjc","MINI-8v54-p2cx-3589","MINI-8vhv-xcgv-g2f8","MINI-9jpj-3qpg-p6f2","MINI-c94p-32rx-jg85","MINI-cvrh-7gvp-w2r9","MINI-f4g9-6g6f-xxcf","MINI-fx7c-78jv-v4pg","MINI-grhm-w2c9-f237","MINI-h8ph-x855-73hf","MINI-hrmm-9h8h-jp4c","MINI-jmf7-fjp6-53r8","MINI-jw4g-8pj5-hwhj","MINI-mqhf-x823-qrh5","MINI-r346-85mw-r9h3","MINI-v3r5-6h32-5q4v","MINI-w7pj-q69f-7fjq","MINI-x6p6-rh2x-j9x8","MINI-xrhc-mw27-9v9p"],"analysis":{"component_type":"developer_tool","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["denial_of_service"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Kubernetes package manager","requires_auth":"none","summary":"Attackers can cause Helm to panic and crash by providing malformed YAML files, disrupting Kubernetes chart management operations.","user_interaction":"required","vuln_class":"denial_of_service"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"GitHub_M","cpe":[{"product":"helm","vendor":"helm"}],"cvss":{"score":6.5,"severity":"medium","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-908","name":"Use of Uninitialized Resource"}],"description":"Helm is a package manager for Charts for Kubernetes. Prior to version 3.18.5, when parsing Chart.yaml and index.yaml files, an improper validation of type error can lead to a panic. This issue has been resolved in Helm 3.18.5. A workaround involves ensuring YAML files are formatted as Helm expects prior to processing them with Helm.","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":"Helm May Panic Due To Incorrect YAML Content","id":"CVE-2025-55198","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":"Bitnami","product":null,"products":[],"type":"denial_of_service","year":"2025"},"n_packages":5,"n_references":2,"next":{"headline":"Helm Charts with Specific JSON Schema Values Can Cause Memory Exhaustion","id":"CVE-2025-55199"},"packages":[{"ecosystem":"Bitnami","fixed":["3.18.5"],"introduced":["0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"helm","purl":"pkg:bitnami/helm","source":"BIT-helm-2025-55198"},{"ecosystem":"Go","fixed":[],"introduced":["0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"helm.sh/helm","purl":"pkg:golang/helm.sh/helm","source":"GO-2025-3888"},{"ecosystem":"Go","fixed":["3.18.5"],"introduced":["0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"helm.sh/helm/v3","purl":null,"source":"GHSA-f9f8-9pmf-xv68"},{"ecosystem":"Go","fixed":["3.18.5"],"introduced":["0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"helm.sh/helm/v3","purl":"pkg:golang/helm.sh/helm/v3","source":"GHSA-f9f8-9pmf-xv68"},{"ecosystem":"Go","fixed":["3.18.5"],"introduced":["0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"helm.sh/helm/v3","purl":"pkg:golang/helm.sh/helm/v3","source":"GO-2025-3888"}],"prev":{"headline":"pypdf's Manipulated FlateDecode streams can exhaust RAM","id":"CVE-2025-55197"},"products":["helm"],"published":"2025-08-13","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":"CC BY 4.0","name":"Go Vulnerability Database","prefix":"GO"},{"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":"no","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"partial"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2025-08-14","vendors":["helm"]},"summary":"Attackers can cause Helm to panic and crash by providing malformed YAML files, disrupting Kubernetes chart management operations.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-55198/"}