CVE-2022-36055: Helm.sh/helm/v3 Denial of Service Vulnerability

{
  "schema_version" : "1.4.0",
  "id" : "GHSA-7hfp-qfw3-5jxh",
  "modified" : "2023-08-30T18:43:09Z",
  "published" : "2022-08-30T20:52:31Z",
  "aliases" : [ "CVE-2022-36055" ],
  "summary" : "Helm Vulnerable to denial of service through string value parsing",
  "details" : "Fuzz testing, by Ada Logics and sponsored by the CNCF, identified input to functions in the `_strvals_` package that can cause an out of memory panic. Out of memory panics cannot be recovered from. Applications that use functions from the `_strvals_` package in the Helm SDK can have a Denial of Service attack when they use this package and it panics.\n\n### Impact\n\nThe `_strvals_` package contains a parser that turns strings into Go structures. For example, the Helm client has command line flags like `--set`, `--set-string`, and others that enable the user to pass in strings that are merged into the values. The `_strvals_` package converts these strings into structures Go can work with. Some string inputs can cause array data structures to be created causing an out of memory panic.\n\nApplications that use the `_strvals_` package in the Helm SDK to parse user supplied input can suffer a Denial of Service when that input causes a panic that cannot be recovered from.\n\nThe Helm Client will panic with input to `--set`, `--set-string`, and other value setting flags that causes an out of memory panic. Helm is not a long running service so the panic will not affect future uses of the Helm client.\n\n### Patches\n\nThis issue has been resolved in 3.9.4. \n\n### Workarounds\n\nSDK users can validate strings supplied by users won't create large arrays causing significant memory usage before passing them to the `_strvals_` functions.\n\n### For more information\n\nHelm's security policy is spelled out in detail in our [SECURITY](https://github.com/helm/community/blob/master/SECURITY.md) document.\n\n### Credits\n\nDisclosed by Ada Logics in a fuzzing audit sponsored by CNCF.",
  "severity" : [ {
    "type" : "CVSS_V3",
    "score" : "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
  } ],
  "affected" : [ {
    "package" : {
      "ecosystem" : "Go",
      "name" : "helm.sh/helm/v3"
    },
    "ranges" : [ {
      "type" : "ECOSYSTEM",
      "events" : [ {
        "introduced" : "0"
      }, {
        "fixed" : "3.9.4"
      } ]
    } ]
  } ],
  "references" : [ {
    "type" : "WEB",
    "url" : "https://github.com/helm/helm/security/advisories/GHSA-7hfp-qfw3-5jxh"
  }, {
    "type" : "ADVISORY",
    "url" : "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-36055"
  }, {
    "type" : "WEB",
    "url" : "https://github.com/helm/helm/commit/10466e3e179cc8cad4b0bb451108d3c442c69fbc"
  }, {
    "type" : "PACKAGE",
    "url" : "https://github.com/helm/helm"
  }, {
    "type" : "WEB",
    "url" : "https://github.com/helm/helm/releases/tag/v3.9.4"
  }, {
    "type" : "WEB",
    "url" : "https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2022-0962"
  } ],
  "database_specific" : {
    "cwe_ids" : [ "CWE-400", "CWE-770" ],
    "severity" : "MODERATE",
    "github_reviewed" : true,
    "github_reviewed_at" : "2022-08-30T20:52:31Z",
    "nvd_published_at" : "2022-09-01T13:15:00Z"
  }
}