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CVE-2026-35204: Helm has a path traversal in plugin metadata version enables arbitrary file write outside Helm plugin directory

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 33/100)

Public proof-of-concept code exists (GitHub); there is no record of exploitation in the wild.
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.20% (FIRST EPSS).
Someone with local access to the system can trigger it. No account or password is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
Fixed version: helm helm 4.1.4.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to helm helm 4.1.4 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

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.

HighCVSS 8.4 · v4.0—Proof of concept Fix available

Path traversal

Published: Apr 9, 2026
Updated: Jul 15, 2026
EPSS: 0.2% · 10th percentile
CWE: CWE-22

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Action score

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS: 33 / 40 · 8.4 / 10
CISA KEV: 0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS: 0 / 30 · 0.2%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

CNA vs NVD score

NVD: —
CNA · GitHub_M: 8.4; NVD has not scored this yet; the score shown is the CNA’s.

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:H/VA:L/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H

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Affected systems

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Vendor	Product	CPE
helm	helm	cpe:2.3:a:helm:helm

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

helm helm4.0.0 and later · before 4.1.4

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (GitHub_M). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

helm helm
- >= 4.0.0, < 4.1.4affected

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

Ecosystem	Package	Affected range	Fix
Go	helm.sh/helm/v4	from 4.0.0 · before 4.1.4	4.1.4
openSUSE:Leap 16.0	govulncheck-vulndb	before 0.0.20260727T201416-160000.1.1	0.0.20260727T201416-160000.1.1
openSUSE:Leap 16.0	helm	before 4.3.0-160000.1.1	4.3.0-160000.1.1
openSUSE:Tumbleweed	helm	before 4.1.4-1.1	4.1.4-1.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 16.0	govulncheck-vulndb	before 0.0.20260727T201416-160000.1.1	0.0.20260727T201416-160000.1.1
SUSE:Linux Micro 6.1	helm	before 4.3.0-slfo.1.1_1.1	4.3.0-slfo.1.1_1.1
SUSE:Linux Micro 6.2	helm	before 4.3.0-160000.1.1	4.3.0-160000.1.1

Same product

helm: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

CVE-2019-18658In Helm 2.x before 2.15.2, commands that deal with loading a chart as a directory or packaging a chart provide an opportunity for a…
40Plan
CVE-2019-1010275helm Before 2.7.2 is affected by: CWE-295: Improper Certificate Validation.
39Monitor
CVE-2025-53547Helm Chart Dependency Updating With Malicious Chart.yaml Content And Symlink Can Lead To Code Execution
34Monitor

Published before and after this one in the same product

← EarlierCVE-2025-55198Aug 13, 2025 · Helm May Panic Due To Incorrect YAML Content
26Monitor
← EarlierCVE-2025-55199Aug 13, 2025 · Helm Charts with Specific JSON Schema Values Can Cause Memory Exhaustion
26Monitor
Later →CVE-2026-35205Apr 9, 2026 · Helm's plugin verification fails open when .prov is missing, allowing unsigned plugin install
33Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / package	Fixed version	Source
helm helm	4.1.4 · description	Vendor (CNA)
Go:helm.sh/helm/v4	4.1.4	Package registry (OSV)
opensuse:govulncheck-vulndb	0.0.20260727T201416-160000.1.1 · openSUSE:Leap 16.0	Package registry (OSV)
opensuse:helm	4.1.4-1.1 · openSUSE:Tumbleweed	Package registry (OSV)
suse:govulncheck-vulndb	0.0.20260727T201416-160000.1.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 16.0	Package registry (OSV)
suse:helm	4.3.0-160000.1.1 · SUSE:Linux Micro 6.2	Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

Proof of concept available

A public proof of concept or detection signature exists. Exploit knowledge is out there; don't delay patching.

Evidence

Proof-of-concept repository on GitHub ×1

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Public exploit evidence
Source	Kind	Date
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHub	stars:1	2026-07-08

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

PublishedApr 9, 2026
First PoCJul 8, 2026+89 d
TodayNov 11, 2026+216 d

No history yet (it accumulates with the daily EPSS job).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

helm/helmcommit 36c8539

Credits

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

CVE-2026-352060 days apartHelm Chart extraction output directory collapse via `Chart.yaml` name dot-segment
19Monitor

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
No account or password is required.
No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability

Attack vector: Local
Attack complexity: Low
Privileges required: None
User interaction: P
Scope: X

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-22 · Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:H/VA:L/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

nvd-secondary

Root cause

A user-supplied file name is joined with the allowed directory, but the result is never checked to confirm it is still inside that directory.

The bug in code

The whole CWE-22 class

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

Vulnerable

1const file = path.join(ROOT, req.query.name);
2res.sendFile(file);

Fixed

1const file = path.resolve(ROOT, req.query.name);
2if (!file.startsWith(ROOT + path.sep)) {
3  return res.sendStatus(400);
4}
5res.sendFile(file);

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

Attack patterns (CAPEC)

ATT&CK techniques

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Change log

Fix✗ → ✓Sep 28, 2026, 10:47 PM UTC

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References

github.com/helm/helm/commit/36c8539e99bc42d7aef9b87d136254662d04f027

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Data sources and verification

CNA: GitHub_M

CVE.org (CNA)Jul 15, 2026, 1:03 AM UTC
CISA ADPJul 15, 2026, 1:03 AM UTC
NVDJul 15, 2026, 1:03 AM UTC
FIRST EPSSNov 10, 2026, 12:00 AM UTC
OSV / GHSANov 11, 2026, 3:18 AM UTC
PoC-in-GitHubNov 11, 2026, 3:18 AM UTC

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