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CVE-2022-36049

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-36049 is a high-severity denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Flux2 (versions 0.0.17 to 0.32.0) and helm-controller (versions 0.0.4 to 0.23.0), stemming from a flaw in the Helm SDK. Maliciously crafted HelmRelease data can lead to high memory consumption, causing the controller to panic and cease reconciliation, particularly impactful in multi-tenant environments. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.5 (High) due to its network-based attack vector and high availability impact, with no confidentiality or integrity impact. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 3.0.0, < 3.9.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:helm:helm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 0.0.17, < 0.32.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:fluxcd:flux2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 0.0.4, < 0.23.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:fluxcd:helm-controller:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.7HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.1
Impact Score
4.0
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.04%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
60.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0104 is in the 37th percentile among its peer group of 51,506 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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 (6)

gopatch availablevia ghsa
Product: github.com/fluxcd/helm-controllerFixed in: 0.23.0
gopatch availablevia ghsa
Product: github.com/fluxcd/flux2Fixed in: 0.32.0
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 18620-16820Fixed in: 3.4.1-17
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 18621-16823Fixed in: 3.9.4-2
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cm1 helm 3.4.1-17 on CBL Mariner 1.0Fixed in: 3.4.1-17
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cbl2 helm 3.9.4-2 on CBL Mariner 2.0Fixed in: 3.9.4-2

Vendor Advisories (2)

goGHSA-p2g7-xwvr-rrw3high

Helm Controller denial of service

Sep 16, 2022
microsoft2022-Sep/CVE-2022-36049Important

Flux2 Helm Controller denial of service

Sep 13, 2022

References

bugs.chromium.org / p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
bugs.chromium.org / p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
github.com / fluxcd/flux2/security/advisories/GHSA-p2g7-xwvr-rrw3
Third Party Advisory
github.com / helm/helm/security/advisories/GHSA-7hfp-qfw3-5jxh
Third Party Advisory