BIT-helm-2025-55198

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Helm May Panic Due To Incorrect YAML Content

view advisory published 2025-08-18Licence: per source

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.

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Related CVEs.

ID	severity	EPSS	exploitable	published
CVE-2025-55198US	—	0.33% (27th)	—	2025-08-14
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…

references

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

https://github.com/helm/helm/commit/ec5f59e2db56533d042a124f5bae54dd87b558e6FIX
https://github.com/helm/helm/security/advisories/GHSA-f9f8-9pmf-xv68ADVISORY
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-55198WEB

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