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CVE-2020-15184 Low

Aliases are never checked in helm

### Impact During a security audit of Helm's code base, security researchers at Trail of Bits identified a bug in which the `alias` field on a `Chart.yaml` is not properly sanitized. This could lead to the injection of unwanted information into a chart. ### Patches This issue has been patched in Helm 3.3.2 and 2.16.11 ### Specific Go Packages Affected helm.sh/helm/v3/pkg/chartutil ### Workarounds Manually review the `dependencies` field of any untrusted chart, verifying that the `alias` field is either not used, or (if used) does not contain newlines or path characters.

Exploit probability 1.0%
Published May 24, 2021
Required by Not available
Last source change July 8, 2026

02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE

Affected packages

Unknown Unknown

27 explicit affected versions

Go helm.sh/helm
Go helm.sh/helm/v3
Bitnami helm

03 / CONNECTIONS

Connected vulnerabilities

04 / EVIDENCE

Source records

Open Source Vulnerabilities CVE-2020-15184

In Helm before versions 2.16.11 and 3.3.2 there is a bug in which the `alias` field on a `Chart.yaml` is not properly sanitized. This could lead to the injection of unwanted information into a chart. This issue has been patched in Helm 3.3.2 and 2.16.11. A possible workaround is to manually review the `dependencies` field of any untrusted chart, verifying that the `alias` field is either not used, or (if used) does not contain newlines or path characters.

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Open Source Vulnerabilities GHSA-9vp5-m38w-j776

### Impact During a security audit of Helm's code base, security researchers at Trail of Bits identified a bug in which the `alias` field on a `Chart.yaml` is not properly sanitized. This could lead to the injection of unwanted information into a chart. ### Patches This issue has been patched in Helm 3.3.2 and 2.16.11 ### Specific Go Packages Affected helm.sh/helm/v3/pkg/chartutil ### Workarounds Manually review the `dependencies` field of any untrusted chart, verifying that the `alias` field is either not used, or (if used) does not contain newlines or path characters.

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Open Source Vulnerabilities BIT-helm-2020-15184

In Helm before versions 2.16.11 and 3.3.2 there is a bug in which the `alias` field on a `Chart.yaml` is not properly sanitized. This could lead to the injection of unwanted information into a chart. This issue has been patched in Helm 3.3.2 and 2.16.11. A possible workaround is to manually review the `dependencies` field of any untrusted chart, verifying that the `alias` field is either not used, or (if used) does not contain newlines or path characters.

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05 / REFERENCES

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