Security update for helm

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:21635-1
Release Date: 2026-05-12T10:25:24Z
Rating: moderate
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CVSS scores:
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Micro 6.1

An update that solves two vulnerabilities and contains one feature can now be installed.

Description:

This update for helm fixes the following issues

Security issues:

  • CVE-2025-55199: crafted JSON Schema can lead to out of memory (OOM) termination (bsc#1248093).
  • CVE-2026-35206: github.com/helm/helm: Helm: Files written to unexpected directory via specially crafted Chart (bsc#1261938).

Non security issue:

  • Update to version 3.20.2
  • Fix packages for %suse_version bump (jsc#PED-15794).

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:

  • SUSE Linux Micro 6.1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-6.1-525=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Micro 6.1 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • helm-3.20.2-slfo.1.1_1.1
    • helm-debuginfo-3.20.2-slfo.1.1_1.1
  • SUSE Linux Micro 6.1 (noarch)
    • helm-bash-completion-3.20.2-slfo.1.1_1.1

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