Vulnerability from bitnami_vulndb
Helm is a tool that streamlines installing and managing Kubernetes applications.getHostByName is a Helm template function introduced in Helm v3. The function is able to accept a hostname and return an IP address for that hostname. To get the IP address the function performs a DNS lookup. The DNS lookup happens when used with helm install|upgrade|template or when the Helm SDK is used to render a chart. Information passed into the chart can be disclosed to the DNS servers used to lookup the IP address. For example, a malicious chart could inject getHostByName into a chart in order to disclose values to a malicious DNS server. The issue has been fixed in Helm 3.11.1. Prior to using a chart with Helm verify the getHostByName function is not being used in a template to disclose any information you do not want passed to DNS servers.
{
"affected": [
{
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Bitnami",
"name": "helm",
"purl": "pkg:bitnami/helm"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "3.0.0"
},
{
"fixed": "3.11.1"
}
],
"type": "SEMVER"
}
],
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2023-25165"
],
"database_specific": {
"cpes": [
"cpe:2.3:a:helm:helm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
],
"severity": "Medium"
},
"details": "Helm is a tool that streamlines installing and managing Kubernetes applications.`getHostByName` is a Helm template function introduced in Helm v3. The function is able to accept a hostname and return an IP address for that hostname. To get the IP address the function performs a DNS lookup. The DNS lookup happens when used with `helm install|upgrade|template` or when the Helm SDK is used to render a chart. Information passed into the chart can be disclosed to the DNS servers used to lookup the IP address. For example, a malicious chart could inject `getHostByName` into a chart in order to disclose values to a malicious DNS server. The issue has been fixed in Helm 3.11.1. Prior to using a chart with Helm verify the `getHostByName` function is not being used in a template to disclose any information you do not want passed to DNS servers.",
"id": "BIT-helm-2023-25165",
"modified": "2025-05-20T10:02:07.006Z",
"published": "2024-03-06T10:53:11.303Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/helm/helm/commit/5abcf74227bfe8e5a3dbf105fe62e7b12deb58d2"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/helm/helm/security/advisories/GHSA-pwcw-6f5g-gxf8"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-25165"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.5.0",
"summary": "getHostByName Function Information Disclosure"
}
Sightings
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