{"id":"CVE-2020-4053","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2020-4053","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T00:51:44.810Z","title":"In Helm greater than or equal to 3.0.0 and less than 3.2.4, a path traversal attack is possible when installing Helm plugins from a tar archive over HTTP.","description":"In Helm greater than or equal to 3.0.0 and less than 3.2.4, a path traversal attack is possible when installing Helm plugins from a tar archive over HTTP. It is possible for a malicious plugin author to inject a relative path into a plugin archive, and copy a file outside of the intended directory. This has been fixed in 3.2.4.","published":"2020-06-16T22:15:11.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T03:19:30.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"security-advisories@github.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":6.8,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-22"],"affected":["helm/helm"],"epss":{"score":0.01458,"percentile":0.73345,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.46%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/helm/helm/commit/0ad800ef43d3b826f31a5ad8dfbb4fe05d143688","tags":["Patch"],"source":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/helm/helm/releases/tag/v3.2.4","tags":["Release Notes"],"source":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/helm/helm/security/advisories/GHSA-qq3j-xp49-j73f","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/helm/helm/commit/0ad800ef43d3b826f31a5ad8dfbb4fe05d143688","tags":["Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/helm/helm/releases/tag/v3.2.4","tags":["Release Notes"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/helm/helm/security/advisories/GHSA-qq3j-xp49-j73f","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-4053","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}