# CVE-2026-63308: Helm Files.Lines Denial of Service via Empty Chart Files

- Also known as: BIT-HELM-2026-63308
- Severity: CVSS 5.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 4.2.4
- Published: 2026-07-17 · Updated: 2026-10-29

## Affected

- helm: through 4.2.3
- helm (Bitnami): fixed in 4.2.4

## Description

Helm through 4.2.3, fixed in commit ba6c9a2, contains a denial of service vulnerability in the Files.Lines template helper in pkg/engine/files.go that allows attackers to trigger an index out of range panic by including zero-length byte slices in chart files. Attackers can include empty files in Helm charts to cause deterministic render failures across template, install, upgrade, lint, and SDK Engine.Render operations.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on helm, upgrade to a fixed version (4.2.4) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/helm/helm/issues/32279
- https://github.com/helm/helm/pull/32290
- https://github.com/helm/helm/commit/ba6c9a29efa7bf9198dad6a5ec12b4fb30c96017
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/helm-files-lines-denial-of-service-via-empty-chart-files
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/chat2db-insecure-direct-object-reference-via-get-api-connection-datasource

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