--- id: CVE-2022-23525 title: 'helm: Denial of service through through repository index file (CVE-2022-23525)' summary: >- A flaw was found in Helm. Applications that use the _repo_ package in Helm SDK to parse an index file may suffer a denial of service when that input causes a panic that cannot be recovered from. The Helm Client will panic with an index fil… severity: high cvss: 7.5 cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H' cvssSource: vendor cwe: CWE-476 vendor: Red Hat product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.14 affected: - cert_manager_operator_for_red_hat_openshift - openshift_developer_tools_and_services - openshift_serverless - 3scale_api_management_platform 2 - advanced_cluster_management_for_kubernetes 2 - advanced_cluster_security 3 - openshift_container_platform 4 - openshift_container_storage 4 - openshift_container_platform 4.12 - openshift_container_platform 4.13 - openshift_container_platform 4.14 patched: - openshift_container_platform 4.12 - openshift_container_platform 4.13 - openshift_container_platform 4.14 published: '2022-12-15' updated: '2026-09-17' sourceUpdated: '2026-09-17T14:34:39+00:00' source: CSAF sourceUrl: 'https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2022/cve-2022-23525.json' references: - url: >- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2022/cve-2022-23525.json - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-23525' - url: 'https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2154202' - url: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-23525' - url: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-23525' - url: >- https://github.com/helm/helm/commit/638ebffbc2e445156f3978f02fd83d9af1e56f5b - url: 'https://github.com/helm/helm/security/advisories/GHSA-53c4-hhmh-vw5q' - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:1646' - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:1326' - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5006' - url: 'https://github.com/helm/helm' - url: 'https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2022-1165' tags: - csaf - vex - red-hat - osv - go - score-dispute epss: 0.00818 epssPercentile: 0.55303 aliases: - GHSA-53c4-hhmh-vw5q - BIT-helm-2022-23525 - GO-2022-1165 ecosystem: go scores: vendor: 7.5 osv: 5.3 ingestedAt: '2026-09-12T03:13:01.754Z' --- ## Overview A flaw was found in Helm. Applications that use the _repo_ package in Helm SDK to parse an index file may suffer a denial of service when that input causes a panic that cannot be recovered from. The Helm Client will panic with an index file that causes a memory violation panic. ## Vendor advisories - **RHSA-2023:1646** · Red Hat · fixed in: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.12 · released 2023-04-11 · [advisory](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:1646) - **RHSA-2023:1326** · Red Hat · fixed in: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.13 · released 2023-05-17 · [advisory](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:1326) - **RHSA-2023:5006** · Red Hat · fixed in: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.14 · released 2023-10-31 · [advisory](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5006) - **Red Hat VEX** · Moderate · affected: cert-manager Operator for Red Hat OpenShift, OpenShift Developer Tools and Services, OpenShift Serverless, Red Hat 3scale API Management Platform 2, Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2, Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security 3, … · no fix planned: Red Hat Openshift Container Storage 4, cert-manager Operator for Red Hat OpenShift, OpenShift Developer Tools and Services, OpenShift Serverless, … · updated 2026-09-17 · [vex](https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2022/cve-2022-23525.json) **helm: Denial of service through through repository index file** — rated Moderate by Red Hat. Released 2022-12-15, updated 2026-09-17. Affected: - cert-manager Operator for Red Hat OpenShift - OpenShift Developer Tools and Services - OpenShift Serverless - Red Hat 3scale API Management Platform 2 - Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2 - Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security 3 - Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 - Red Hat Openshift Container Storage 4 Fixed: - Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.12 - Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.13 - Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.14 No fix planned: - Red Hat Openshift Container Storage 4 - cert-manager Operator for Red Hat OpenShift - OpenShift Developer Tools and Services - OpenShift Serverless - Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2 - Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 - Red Hat 3scale API Management Platform 2 - Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security 3 Not affected: - Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.12 - Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.13 - Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.14 - Cryostat 2 - Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security 4 - Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4 ## Remediation For OpenShift Container Platform 4.12 see the following documentation, which will be updated shortly for this release, for important instructions on how to upgrade your cluster and fully apply this asynchronous errata update: https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.12/release_notes/ocp-4-12-release-notes.html https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:1646 For OpenShift Container Platform 4.13 see the following documentation, which will be updated shortly for this release, for important instructions on how to upgrade your cluster and fully apply this asynchronous errata update: https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.13/release_notes/ocp-4-13-release-notes.html You may download the oc tool and use it to inspect release image metadata for x86_64, s390x, ppc64le, and aarch64 architectures. The image digests may be found at https://quay.io/repository/openshift-release-dev/ocp-release?tab=tags The sha values for the release are: (For x8… https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:1326 For OpenShift Container Platform 4.14 see the following documentation, which will be updated shortly for this release, for important instructions on how to upgrade your cluster and fully apply this asynchronous errata update: https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.14/release_notes/ocp-4-14-release-notes.html You may download the oc tool and use it to inspect release image metadata for x86_64, s390x, ppc64le, and aarch64 architectures. The image digests may be found at https://quay.io/repository/openshift-release-dev/ocp-release?tab=tags. The sha values for the release … https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5006 ## Package advisory (CVE-2022-23525) Affected packages: - `helm.sh/helm/v3 < 3.10.3` Patched in: - `helm.sh/helm/v3 3.10.3` Source: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-53c4-hhmh-vw5q