Helm May Panic Due To Incorrect YAML Content_CVE-2025-55198

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, 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.

Basic Information

ID CVE-2025-55198

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

CWE-908

References

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