CVE-2025-32387
mediumpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.005 · 42 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Helm is a package manager for Charts for Kubernetes. A JSON Schema file within a chart can be crafted with a deeply nested chain of references, leading to parser recursion that can exceed the stack size limit and trigger a stack overflow. This issue has been resolved in Helm v3.17.3.
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affected products (29)
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advisories (3)
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- GHSA-5xqw-8hwv-wg92Helm Allows A Specially Crafted JSON Schema To Cause A Stack Overflow2025-04-10ghsa · osvUS
A Helm contributor discovered that a specially crafted JSON Schema within a chart can lead to a stack overflow. ### Impact A JSON Schema file within a chart can be crafted with a deeply nested chain of references, leading to parser recursion that can exceed the stack size limit and trigger a stack overflow. ### Patches This issue has been resolved in Helm v3.17.3. ### Workarounds Ensure that the JSON Schema within any charts loaded by Helm does not have a large number of nested references. These JSON Schema files are larger than 10 MiB. ### For more information Helm's security policy is spelled out in detail in our [SECURITY](https://github.com/helm/community/blob/master/SECURITY.md) document. ### Credits Disclosed by Jakub Ciolek at AlphaSense.
- BIT-helm-2025-32387Helm Allows A Specially Crafted JSON Schema To Cause A Stack Overflow2025-04-11vendor · osvUS
Helm is a package manager for Charts for Kubernetes. A JSON Schema file within a chart can be crafted with a deeply nested chain of references, leading to parser recursion that can exceed the stack size limit and trigger a stack overflow. This issue has been resolved in Helm v3.17.3.
- GO-2025-3602Helm Allows A Specially Crafted JSON Schema To Cause A Stack Overflow in helm.sh/helm2025-04-10vendor · osvUS
Helm Allows A Specially Crafted JSON Schema To Cause A Stack Overflow in helm.sh/helm
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references (6)
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- https://github.com/helm/helm/commit/d8ca55fc669645c10c0681d49723f4bb8c0b1ce7cnnvd
- https://github.com/helm/helm/security/advisories/GHSA-5xqw-8hwv-wg92cnnvd
- https://github.com/helm/helm/commit/d8ca55fc669645c10c0681d49723f4bb8c0b1ce7enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/helm/helm/security/advisories/GHSA-5xqw-8hwv-wg92enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/helm/helm/commit/d8ca55fc669645c10c0681d49723f4bb8c0b1ce7Patchnvd
- https://github.com/helm/helm/security/advisories/GHSA-5xqw-8hwv-wg92Third Party Advisorynvd
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