CVE 6.5 MEDIUM

Helm Charts with Specific JSON Schema Values Can Cause Memory Exhaustion_CVE-2025-55199

6.5 / 10
MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

Helm is a package manager for Charts for Kubernetes. Prior to version 3.18.5, it is possible to craft a JSON Schema file in a manner which could cause Helm to use all available memory and have an out of memory (OOM) termination. This issue has been resolved in Helm 3.18.5. A workaround involves ensuring all Helm charts that are being loaded into Helm do not have any reference of $ref pointing to /dev/zero.

Basic Information

ID CVE-2025-55199
Source GitHub_M
Published Aug 13, 2025 at 23:23

Affected Product

Vendor helm
Product helm
Version < 3.18.5
Affected Versions helm helm < 3.18.5

CWE Classification

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