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CVE-2024-42471 Details

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.5 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CNA: CISA-ADPCVSS-B:7.5 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://github.com/actions/toolkit/pull/1666 [email protected]
https://github.com/actions/toolkit/security/advisories/GHSA-6q32-hq47-5qq3 [email protected]Vendor Advisory
https://snyk.io/research/zip-slip-vulnerability [email protected]Not Applicable

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')[email protected]
CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
github actions/artifact
>= 2.0.0, < 2.1.7

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:github:actions/artifact:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
github actions toolkit
All versions

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:github:actions_toolkit:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2024-42471
NVD Published Date:
Sep 2, 2024
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2024-42471 Details - Not Deferred