CVE-2024-42471 (GCVE-0-2024-42471)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-09-02 16:13 – Updated: 2025-08-27 21:33
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Arbitrary File Write via artifact extraction in actions/artifact
Summary
actions/artifact is the GitHub ToolKit for developing GitHub Actions. Versions of `actions/artifact` on the 2.x branch before 2.1.2 are vulnerable to arbitrary file write when using `downloadArtifactInternal`, `downloadArtifactPublic`, or `streamExtractExternal` for extracting a specifically crafted artifact that contains path traversal filenames. Users are advised to upgrade to version 2.1.2 or higher. There are no known workarounds for this issue.
Severity
7.3 (High)
7.5 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-01-23 21:40 UTC
CWE
- CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Assigner
References
3 references
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|---|---|
| https://github.com/actions/toolkit/security/advis… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://github.com/actions/toolkit/pull/1666 | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://snyk.io/research/zip-slip-vulnerability | x_refsource_MISC |
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