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What is this endpoint?

helm/api/charts

Helm Chart Repository API

What an attacker could do

An exposed ChartMuseum-style repository lets an attacker enumerate deployed application versions for vulnerability targeting and, if writable, upload trojaned charts that get installed into the cluster.

How to defend it

Place the chart repository behind authentication, make it read-only for anonymous users or fully private, and verify chart provenance with signed (cosign/GPG) charts.

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