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CVE-2022-23526

24
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-23526 is a NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability affecting Helm versions prior to 3.10.3, specifically within the chartutil package used for parsing JSON Schema validation files. This flaw can lead to a Denial of Service (DoS) due to a segmentation violation when processing maliciously crafted schema files. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), it has a network attack vector and low attack complexity, allowing an unauthenticated attacker to cause a system crash. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 3.0.0, < 3.10.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:helm:helm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.3MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.82%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
53.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0082 is in the 29th percentile among its peer group of 51,506 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (31)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
gopatch availablevia ghsa
Product: helm.sh/helm/v3Fixed in: 3.10.3
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 18515-16823Fixed in: 3.9.4-4
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cbl2 helm 3.9.4-4 on CBL Mariner 2.0Fixed in: 3.9.4-4
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 18514-16820Fixed in: 3.4.1-14
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cm1 helm 3.4.1-14 on CBL Mariner 1.0Fixed in: 3.4.1-14
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.13Fixed in: openshift4/ose-olm-rukpak-rhel8:v4.13.0-202304190216.p0.g66b3e55.assembly.stream
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.14Fixed in: openshift4/oc-mirror-plugin-rhel8:v4.14.0-202310201027.p0.g68cf97e.assembly.stream
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.12Fixed in: openshift4/metallb-rhel8-operator:v4.12.0-202303301557.p0.g270d2eb.assembly.stream
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.13Fixed in: openshift4/oc-mirror-plugin-rhel8:v4.13.0-202305091542.p0.gbee629a.assembly.stream
View patch
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: OpenShift Developer Tools and ServicesFixed in: helm
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security 3Fixed in: advanced-cluster-security/rhacs-docs-rhel8
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security 3Fixed in: advanced-cluster-security/rhacs-main-rhel8
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security 3Fixed in: advanced-cluster-security/rhacs-rhel8-operator
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security 3Fixed in: advanced-cluster-security/rhacs-roxctl-rhel8
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4Fixed in: openshift4/oc-mirror-plugin-rhel8
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4Fixed in: openshift4/ose-ansible-operator
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4Fixed in: openshift4/ose-console
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4Fixed in: openshift4/ose-helm-rhel9-operator
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4Fixed in: openshift4/ose-operator-sdk-rhel8
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat 3scale API Management Platform 2Fixed in: 3scale-operator-container
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security 3Fixed in: advanced-cluster-security/rhacs-central-db-rhel8
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: OpenShift ServerlessFixed in: openshift-serverless-1/ingress-rhel8-operator
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: OpenShift Service Mesh 2Fixed in: openshift-service-mesh/istio-cni-rhel8
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: OpenShift Service Mesh 2Fixed in: openshift-service-mesh/istio-rhel8-operator
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: OpenShift Service Mesh 2.1Fixed in: servicemesh
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4Fixed in: openshift4/special-resource-rhel8-operator
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2Fixed in: rhacm2/search-rhel8
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: cert-manager Operator for Red Hat OpenShiftFixed in: jetstack-cert-manager-container
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4Fixed in: openshift4/ose-metering-helm-container-rhel8
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: OpenShift Developer Tools and ServicesFixed in: jenkins-operator-container

Vendor Advisories (3)

redhatCVE-2022-23526Moderate

helm: Denial of service through schema file

Dec 15, 2022
goGHSA-67fx-wx78-jx33medium

Helm vulnerable to denial of service through schema file

Dec 14, 2022
microsoft2022-Dec/CVE-2022-23526Important

Helm contains Denial of service through schema file

Dec 13, 2022

References

github.com / helm/helm/commit/bafafa8bb1b571b61d7a9528da8d40c307dade3d
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / helm/helm/security/advisories/GHSA-67fx-wx78-jx33
Third Party Advisory