CVE-2026-35204 | helm up to 4.1.3 path traversal

VDB-356582 · CVE-2026-35204 · GCVE-0-2026-35204 HELM UP TO 4.1.3 PATH TRAVERSAL HISTORYDIFFRELATEJSONXMLCTI CVSS Meta Temp Score Current Exploit Price (≈) CTI Interest Score 6.0 $0-$5k 0.12+ Summaryinfo A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in helm up to 4.1.3. The affected element is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-35204. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. You should upgrade the affected component. Detailsinfo A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in helm up to 4.1.3. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes: Helm is a package manager for Charts for Kubernetes. From 4.0.0 to 4.1.3, a specially crafted Helm plugin, when installed or updated, will cause Helm to write the contents of the plugin to an arbitrary filesystem location. To prevent this, validate that the plugin.yaml of the Helm plugin does not include a version: field containing POSIX dot-dot path separators ie. "/../". This vulnerability is fixed in 4.1.4. The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-35204 since 04/01/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1006 by the MITRE ATT&CK project. Upgrading to version 4.1.4 eliminates this vulnerability. Productinfo Name helm Version 4.1.0 4.1.1 4.1.2 4.1.3 Website Product: https://github.com/helm/helm/ CPE 2.3info 🔒 🔒 🔒 CPE 2.2info 🔒 🔒 🔒 CVSSv4info VulDB Vector: 🔒 VulDB Reliability: 🔍 CNA CVSS-B Score: 🔒 CNA CVSS-BT Score: 🔒 CNA Vector: 🔒 CVSSv3info VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.3 VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.0 VulDB Base Score: 6.3 VulDB Temp Score: 6.0 VulDB Vector: 🔒 VulDB Reliability: 🔍 CVSSv2info Vector Complexity Authentication Confidentiality Integrity Availability Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock VulDB Base Score: 🔒 VulDB Temp Score: 🔒 VulDB Reliability: 🔍 Exploitinginfo Class: Path traversal CWE: CWE-22 CAPEC: 🔒 ATT&CK: 🔒 Physical: Partially Local: Yes Remote: Yes Availability: 🔒 Status: Not defined Price Prediction: 🔍 Current Price Estimation: 🔒 0-Day Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Today Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Threat Intelligenceinfo Interest: 🔍 Active Actors: 🔍 Active APT Groups: 🔍 Countermeasuresinfo Recommended: Upgrade Status: 🔍 0-Day Time: 🔒 Upgrade: helm 4.1.4 Timelineinfo 04/01/2026 CVE reserved 04/09/2026 +8 days Advisory disclosed 04/09/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created 04/09/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update Sourcesinfo Product: github.com Advisory: github.com Status: Confirmed CVE: CVE-2026-35204 (🔒) GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-35204 GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-356582 Entryinfo Created: 04/09/2026 17:35 Changes: 04/09/2026 17:35 (65) Complete: 🔍 Cache ID: 99:23F:101 Discussion No comments yet. Languages: en. Please log in to comment. ◂ PreviousOverviewNext ▸