Impact Score: 5/10
Helm 3.6.1
Source available โ automated, not human-reviewed
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 v3.6.1. Source highlight: Helm v3.6.1 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)
- 3.7.0 is the next feature release and will be released on September 8, 2021.
๐ง Bug Fixes & Patches (3)
- for discussing PRs, code, and bugs
- Test, debug, and contribute charts: ArtifactHub/packages
- 3.6.2 will contain only bug fixes and is planned for release on July 14, 2021
๐ View Raw Release Notes (Original Developer Log)
Helm v3.6.1 is a security (patch) release. Users are strongly recommended to update to this release.
While working on the Helm source, a Helm core maintainer discovered a situation where the username and password credentials associated with a Helm repository could be passed on to another domain referenced by that Helm repository. More information can be found in [the security advisory](https://github.com/helm/helm/security/advisories/GHSA-56hp-xqp3-w2jf).
Note: if updating to v3.6.1 causes issues downloading charts from password protected repositories it may mean the charts are being served from a different domain than the repository. If you trust the other domain to receive the credentials and want to pass the credentials to that domain name you can use the new `--pass-credentials` flag. This flag works with `helm repo add` as well as commands that accept the `--repo` flag.
The community keeps growing, and we'd love to see you there!
- Join the discussion in [Kubernetes Slack](https://kubernetes.slack.com):
- for questions and just to hang out
- for discussing PRs, code, and bugs
- Hang out at the Public Developer Call: Thursday, 9:30 Pacific via [Zoom](https://zoom.us/j/696660622)
- Test, debug, and contribute charts: [ArtifactHub/packages](https://artifacthub.io/packages/search?kind=0)
## Installation and Upgrading
Download Helm v3.6.1. The common platform binaries are here:
- [MacOS amd64](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.6.1-darwin-amd64.tar.gz) ([checksum](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.6.1-darwin-amd64.tar.gz.sha256sum) / f5e49aac89701162871e576ebd32506060e43a470da1fcb4b8e4118dc3512913)
- [MacOS arm64](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.6.1-darwin-arm64.tar.gz) ([checksum](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.6.1-darwin-arm64.tar.gz.sha256sum) / 05e0165c5e9ad9905af85a36a6abdd6390aac06cd387be6c0917957d22b1dfbd)
- [Linux amd64](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.6.1-linux-amd64.tar.gz) ([checksum](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.6.1-linux-amd64.tar.gz.sha256sum) / c64f2c7b1d00c5328b164cea4bbd5e0752c103193037173c9eadea9d6a57eddb)
- [Linux arm](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.6.1-linux-arm.tar.gz) ([checksum](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.6.1-linux-arm.tar.gz.sha256sum) / cff76ba6b218610bf672e096939a0d736048d21b7008edbb38a44a8d3907a930)
- [Linux arm64](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.6.1-linux-arm64.tar.gz) ([checksum](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.6.1-linux-arm64.tar.gz.sha256sum) / a044b370d1b6e65b7d8d0aa7da4d11e4f406ec5b56af3a2f5bec09eb00c290fc)
- [Linux i386](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.6.1-linux-386.tar.gz) ([checksum](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.6.1-linux-386.tar.gz.sha256sum) / 06538500c2312da51691a7c4c72a54f3262725c77ca5aaa300fd0b97973cd822)
- [Linux ppc64le](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.6.1-linux-ppc64le.tar.gz) ([checksum](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.6.1-linux-ppc64le.tar.gz.sha256sum) / 2aa587a872f87d0ffb1d92edfd2f98003b7ad8f747a2268252a3f51b873540a5)
- [Linux s390x](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.6.1-linux-s390x.tar.gz) ([checksum](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.6.1-linux-s390x.tar.gz.sha256sum) / a42d3981ad46f51c80f9fe3f6a1094d0eb8324f3bdcc1e2d0f84339f077b3947)
- [Windows amd64](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.6.1-windows-amd64.zip) ([checksum](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.6.1-windows-amd64.zip.sha256sum) / d46805bf24d4c93c5ccc9af2d49903e3a80771366d0c59ad6d18187450d888d0)
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
- 3.6.2 will contain only bug fixes and is planned for release on July 14, 2021
- 3.7.0 is the next feature release and will be released on September 8, 2021.