In Helm before versions 2.16.11 and 3.3.2 plugin names are not sanitized properly. As a result, a malicious plugin author could use characters in a plugin name that would result in unexpected behavior, such as duplicating the name of another plugin or spoofing the output to helm --help. This issue has been patched in Helm 3.3.2. A possible workaround is to not install untrusted Helm plugins. Examine the name field in the plugin.yaml file for a plugin, looking for characters outside of the [a-zA-Z0-9._-] range.
CVE-2020-15186
This low-severity CVE scores 3.4 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 1.0% (60th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs). GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 3.4
- EG Score
- 3.4LOWmedium confidence
- EG Risk
- 20EG Risk 20/100CISA SSVC
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity34% × 45%Exploitation1% × 40%Automatability30% × 15%CISA SSVC: Track at low or medium mission impact; Track or Attend at high (mission-essential systems).Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high. - EPSS PROB
- 1.0%
- EPSS %ILE
- 60th
- KEV
- Not listed
CISA SSVCTrack at low or medium mission impact; Track or Attend at high (mission-essential systems).
A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high.
Exploitation none (no KEV listing, exploit record or EPSS ≥ 50%) · Automatable unknown (not published for this CVE) · Technical impact partial (CVSS below 9.0). Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it: high means the affected system is essential to your organisation's mission, or its compromise could cause irreversible harm to people. CISA's decision table
Published
September 17, 2020
Last Modified
November 21, 2024
References (4)
- security-advisories@githubhttps://github.com/helm/helm/commit/809e2d999e2c33e20e77f6bff30652d79c287542
- security-advisories@githubhttps://github.com/helm/helm/security/advisories/GHSA-m54r-vrmv-hw33
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/helm/helm/commit/809e2d999e2c33e20e77f6bff30652d79c287542
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/helm/helm/security/advisories/GHSA-m54r-vrmv-hw33
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2020-15186(1)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
Affected Packages
(2 across 1 ecosystem)
Go(2)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| helm.sh/helm | — |
| — |
| helm.sh/helm/v3 | — |
| — |
Weakness Classification(2)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Data Freshness Timeline
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