Description
Helm is a tool for managing Charts. Charts are packages of pre-configured Kubernetes resources. Fuzz testing, provided by the CNCF, identified input to functions in the _strvals_ package that can cause an out of memory panic. The _strvals_ package contains a parser that turns strings in to Go structures. The _strvals_ package converts these strings into structures Go can work with. Some string inputs can cause array data structures to be created causing an out of memory panic. Applications that use the _strvals_ package in the Helm SDK to parse user supplied input can suffer a Denial of Service when that input causes a panic that cannot be recovered from. The Helm Client will panic with input to `--set`, `--set-string`, and other value setting flags that causes an out of memory panic. Helm is not a long running service so the panic will not affect future uses of the Helm client. This issue has been resolved in 3.9.4. SDK users can validate strings supplied by users won't create large arrays causing significant memory usage before passing them to the _strvals_ functions.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| helm | helm | < 3.9.4 | — |
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
SUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| SLES 15 SP4 | helm | 3.9.4-150000.1.10.3 | SUSE-SU-2022:3666-1 |
| SLES 15 SP3 | helm | 3.9.4-150000.1.10.3 | SUSE-SU-2022:3666-1 |
openSUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | helm | 3.9.4-2.1 | openSUSE-SU-2024:12323-1 |
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | helm3 | 3.19.2-1.1 | openSUSE-SU-2025:15779-1 |
| openSUSE Leap 15.4 | helm | 3.9.4-150000.1.10.3 | SUSE-SU-2022:3666-1 |
| openSUSE Leap 15.3 | helm | 3.9.4-150000.1.10.3 | SUSE-SU-2022:3666-1 |
Azure Linux
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Azure Linux 2 (CBL-Mariner) | helm | 3.9.4-2 | — |
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Go | helm.sh/helm/v3 | < 3.9.4 | 3.9.4 | GHSA-7hfp-qfw3-5jxh |
Advisories 5
- SUSE-SU-2022:3666-1 Security update for helm SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Feb 4, 2026
- openSUSE-SU-2025:15779-1 helm3-3.19.2-1.1 on GA media SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Feb 4, 2026
- openSUSE-SU-2024:12323-1 helm-3.9.4-2.1 on GA media SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Feb 4, 2026
- WID-SEC-2023-0138 Oracle Communications Applications: Mehrere Schwachstellen BSI CERT-Bund (WID) · Jul 15, 2025
- WID-SEC-2022-2339 IBM DB2: Mehrere Schwachstellen BSI CERT-Bund (WID) · Apr 18, 2023