ESB-2026.3951
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CVSS 6.5 MEDIUM
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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2026.3951
Security update for helm
21 April 2026
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AUSCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: helm
Publisher: SUSE
Operating System: SUSE
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2025-55199 CVE-2026-35206
Original Bulletin:
https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2026/suse-su-20261483-1
Comment: CVSS (Max): 6.5 CVE-2025-55199 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
CVSS Source: SUSE
Calculator: https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/3.1#CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS (Max): 0.0% (2nd) CVE-2025-55199 2026-04-20
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Security update for helm
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:1483-1
Release Date: 2026-04-20T10:29:47Z
Rating: moderate
o bsc#1248093
References: o bsc#1261938
o CVE-2025-55199
Cross-References: o CVE-2026-35206
o CVE-2025-55199 ( SUSE ): 6.9 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N
/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
o CVE-2025-55199 ( SUSE ): 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R
/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
o CVE-2025-55199 ( NVD ): 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/
S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
o CVE-2026-35206 ( SUSE ): 4.8 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N
/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/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/
CVSS scores: MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
o CVE-2026-35206 ( SUSE ): 4.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R
/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
o CVE-2026-35206 ( NVD ): 4.8 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/
UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/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
o CVE-2026-35206 ( NVD ): 4.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/
S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
o Containers Module 15-SP7
o SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7
Affected o SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5
Products: o SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP7
o SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7
o SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7
o SUSE Package Hub 15 15-SP7
An update that solves two vulnerabilities can now be installed.
Description:
This update for helm fixes the following issues:
o CVE-2025-55199: crafted JSON Schema can lead to out of memory (OOM)
termination (bsc#1248093).
o CVE-2026-35206: files written to unexpected directory via specially crafted
Chart(bsc#1261938).
Changes for helm:
o Update to version 3.20.2
Patch Instructions:
To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like
YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
o SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.5-2026-1483=1
o Containers Module 15-SP7
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Containers-15-SP7-2026-1483=1
o SUSE Package Hub 15 15-SP7
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Packagehub-Subpackages-15-SP7-2026-1483=
1
Package List:
o SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
helm-debuginfo-3.20.2-150000.1.71.2
helm-3.20.2-150000.1.71.2
o SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 (noarch)
helm-bash-completion-3.20.2-150000.1.71.2
o Containers Module 15-SP7 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
helm-debuginfo-3.20.2-150000.1.71.2
helm-3.20.2-150000.1.71.2
o Containers Module 15-SP7 (noarch)
helm-bash-completion-3.20.2-150000.1.71.2
helm-zsh-completion-3.20.2-150000.1.71.2
o SUSE Package Hub 15 15-SP7 (noarch)
helm-fish-completion-3.20.2-150000.1.71.2
References:
o https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-55199.html
o https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-35206.html
o https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1248093
o https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1261938
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