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critical 9.1

CVE-2019-25210 json

Withdrawn Advisory: Helm shows secrets in clear text

published 2y ago modified last mo. also GHSA-jw44-4f3j-q396 , EUVD-2024-0953

cvss
9.1
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.7%
EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 52%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

An issue was discovered in Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) Helm through 3.13.3. It displays values of secrets when the --dry-run flag is used. This is a security concern in some use cases, such as a --dry-run call by a CI/CD tool. NOTE: the vendor's position is that this behavior was introduced intentionally, and cannot be removed without breaking backwards compatibility (some users may be relying on these values). Also, it is not the Helm Project's responsibility if a user decides to use --dry-run within a CI/CD environment whose output is visible to unauthorized persons.

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red hat product security vex CVE-2019-25210 updated cvss 6.5

helm: shows secrets with --dry-run option in clear text

  • Red Hat Openshift Container Storage 4 ocs4/ocs-rhel8-operator, ocs4/rook-ceph-rhel8-operator
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16 openshift4/ose-azure-cluster-api-controllers-rhel9 v4.16.0-202406131906.p0.gface7da.assembly.stream.el9
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:0041
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18 openshift4/ose-operator-sdk-rhel9 v4.18.0-202502110432.p0.gce80aa9.assembly.stream.el9, openshift4/ose-operator-registry-rhel9 v4.18.0-202504151633.p0.gcc44b48.assembly.stream.el9
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2025:4019
  • Red Hat RHACS 4.3 for RHEL 8 advanced-cluster-security/rhacs-main-rhel8 4.3.6-4, advanced-cluster-security/rhacs-roxctl-rhel8 4.3.6-2, advanced-cluster-security/rhacs-scanner-rhel8 4.3.6-3, advanced-cluster-security/rhacs-rhel8-operator 4.3.6-2, advanced-cluster-security/rhacs-collector-rhel8 4.3.6-3, advanced-cluster-security/rhacs-operator-bundle 4.3.6-4, +5 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:1549
  • Red Hat RHACS 4.4 for RHEL 8 advanced-cluster-security/rhacs-main-rhel8 4.4.0-17, advanced-cluster-security/rhacs-roxctl-rhel8 4.4.0-9, advanced-cluster-security/rhacs-rhel8-operator 4.4.0-9, advanced-cluster-security/rhacs-scanner-rhel8 4.4.0-11, advanced-cluster-security/rhacs-collector-rhel8 4.4.0-2, advanced-cluster-security/rhacs-central-db-rhel8 4.4.0-9, +7 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:1570
  • Red Hat cert-manager Operator for Red Hat OpenShift cert-manager/jetstack-cert-manager-rhel9 Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh 2 openshift-service-mesh/istio-cni-rhel8, openshift-service-mesh/istio-rhel8-operator Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2 rhacm2/multiclusterhub-rhel8, acm-search-v2-operator-container, rhacm2/submariner-rhel8-operator, rhacm2/acm-volsync-addon-controller-rhel8, rhacm2/multicluster-operators-channel-rhel8, rhacm2/multicluster-operators-subscription-rhel8, +1 more Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security 3 advanced-cluster-security/rhacs-main-rhel8 Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 openshift4/ose-console, openshift4/ose-olm-rukpak-rhel8, openshift4/metallb-rhel8-operator, openshift4/oc-mirror-plugin-rhel9, openshift4/special-resource-rhel8-operator Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16 rhcos 416.94.202406172220-0, openshift4/ose-cli-rhel9 v4.16.0-202406131906.p0.ga245041.assembly.stream.el9, openshift4/ose-pod-rhel9 v4.16.0-202406170957.p0.g29c95f3.assembly.stream.el9, openshift4/ose-sdn-rhel9 v4.16.0-202406131906.p0.g5b658c4.assembly.stream.el9, openshift4/ose-etcd-rhel9 v4.16.0-202406131906.p0.gbc2fec2.assembly.stream.el9, openshift4/ose-tests-rhel9 v4.16.0-202406131906.p0.g3bb691e.assembly.stream.el9, +185 more
    +4 more products
    Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18 rhcos 418.94.202504170303-0, openshift4/frr-rhel9 v4.18.0-202504151633.p0.g78714ea.assembly.stream.el9, openshift4/metallb-rhel9 v4.18.0-202502041632.p0.gdcee704.assembly.stream.el9, openshift4/ose-cli-rhel9 v4.18.0-202504151633.p0.geb9bc9b.assembly.stream.el9, openshift4/ose-pod-rhel9 v4.18.0-202504151633.p0.g97471c6.assembly.stream.el9, openshift4/ose-ptp-rhel9 v4.18.0-202501230001.p0.gcc2e8c8.assembly.stream.el9, +233 more Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4 odf4/rook-ceph-rhel9-operator, odf4/odf-csi-addons-sidecar-rhel8 Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization 4 container-native-virtualization/cluster-network-addons-operator, container-native-virtualization/cluster-network-addons-operator-rhel9 Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2 osp-director-provisioner-container
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
total
Assessed
2y ago

Exploit prediction

0.68% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 52% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 9.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
NVD 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CNA 3.1 9.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Affected products

  • helm helm

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

References

Sources

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