Impact Score: 5/10
Helm v3.14.2
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Component: helm ยท Channel: stable. Automated analysis, not a compatibility certification. How this works.
Analysis updated: 2026-11-01.
โก Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Helm v3.14.2. Source highlight: Helm v3.14.2 is a security (patch) release. Users are strongly recommended to update to this release.
Who Does This Impact? (Role-Based Analysis)
๐ป Software Engineers & Devs
Check the source notes against the package and APIs you use before upgrading.
๐ Product & Engineering Leads
Use the documented changes to assess relevance to your product; release frequency alone is not a quality measure.
โ๏ธ DevOps & Security
Verify the target version, runtime requirements and rollback procedure in the official documentation.
โจ New Features & Capabilities (1)
- 3.15.0 is the next feature release and will be on May 08, 2024.
๐ง Bug Fixes & Patches (1)
- 3.14.3 will contain only bug fixes and be released on March 13, 2024.
๐ View Raw Release Notes (Original Developer Log)
Helm v3.14.2 is a security (patch) release. Users are strongly recommended to update to this release.
A Helm contributor discovered uninitialized variable vulnerability when Helm parses index and plugin yaml files missing expected content.
Jakub Ciolek with AlphaSense discovered the vulnerability.
## Installation and Upgrading
Download Helm v3.14.2. The common platform binaries are here:
- [MacOS amd64](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.14.2-darwin-amd64.tar.gz) ([checksum](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.14.2-darwin-amd64.tar.gz.sha256sum) / 64c633ae194bde77b7e7b7936a2814a7417817dc8b7bb7d270bd24a7a17b8d12)
- [MacOS arm64](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.14.2-darwin-arm64.tar.gz) ([checksum](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.14.2-darwin-arm64.tar.gz.sha256sum) / ff502fd39b06497fa3d5a51ec2ced02b9fcfdb0e9a948d315fb1b2f13ddc39fb)
- [Linux amd64](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.14.2-linux-amd64.tar.gz) ([checksum](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.14.2-linux-amd64.tar.gz.sha256sum) / 0885a501d586c1e949e9b113bf3fb3290b0bbf74db9444a1d8c2723a143006a5)
- [Linux arm](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.14.2-linux-arm.tar.gz) ([checksum](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.14.2-linux-arm.tar.gz.sha256sum) / b70fb6fa2cdf0a5c782320c9d7e7b155fcaec260169218c98316bb3cf0d431d9)
- [Linux arm64](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.14.2-linux-arm64.tar.gz) ([checksum](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.14.2-linux-arm64.tar.gz.sha256sum) / c65d6a9557bb359abc2c0d26670de850b52327dc3976ad6f9e14c298ea3e1b61)
- [Linux i386](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.14.2-linux-386.tar.gz) ([checksum](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.14.2-linux-386.tar.gz.sha256sum) / 0e08cd56cc952ab4646c57c5ec7cde2412c39373aec3df659a14597dd9874461)
- [Linux ppc64le](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.14.2-linux-ppc64le.tar.gz) ([checksum](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.14.2-linux-ppc64le.tar.gz.sha256sum) / f3bc8582ff151e619cd285d9cdf9fef1c5733ee5522d8bed2ef680ef07f87223)
- [Linux s390x](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.14.2-linux-s390x.tar.gz) ([checksum](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.14.2-linux-s390x.tar.gz.sha256sum) / 7bda34aa26638e5116b31385f3b781172572175bf4c1ae00c87d8b154458ed94)
- [Linux riscv64](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.14.2-linux-riscv64.tar.gz) ([checksum](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.14.2-linux-riscv64.tar.gz.sha256sum) / f6278facd3e2e6af52a5f6d038f2149428d115ba2b4523edbe5889d1170e9203)
- [Windows amd64](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.14.2-windows-amd64.zip) ([checksum](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.14.2-windows-amd64.zip.sha256sum) / aa094e435da74ad574f96924c37ecd0c75f0be707ac604ef97ed6021d6bc0784)
This release was signed with `672C 657B E06B 4B30 969C 4A57 4614 49C2 5E36 B98E ` and can be found at @mattfarina [keybase account](https://keybase.io/mattfarina). Please use the attached signatures for verifying this release using `gpg`.
The [Quickstart Guide](https://helm.sh/docs/intro/quickstart/) will get you going from there. For **upgrade instructions** or detailed installation notes, check the [install guide](https://helm.sh/docs/intro/install/). You can also use a [script to install](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/helm/helm/main/scripts/get-helm-3) on any system with `bash`.
## What's Next
- 3.14.3 will contain only bug fixes and be released on March 13, 2024.
- 3.15.0 is the next feature release and will be on May 08, 2024.