CVE-2024-42471

HIGH EPSS 85.8%
Published Sep 2, 20241y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago
7.5 CVSS 3.1
High
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Published Sep 2, 2024 1y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

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.

CVSS Details

Base Score
7.5
Exploitability
3.9
Impact
3.6
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity High
Availability None

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
85.8% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
No Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-22 Path Traversal Resource Mgmt

Affected Products 2

VendorProductVersionRange
githubactions\/artifact*≥2.0.0  –  <2.1.7
githubactions_toolkit*any

References 3

  • github.com https://github.com/actions/toolkit/pull/1666
  • github.com https://github.com/actions/toolkit/security/advisories/GHSA-6q32-hq47-5qq3
    Vendor Advisory
  • snyk.io https://snyk.io/research/zip-slip-vulnerability
    Not Applicable

Remediation

No remediation data recorded yet

Check vendor advisories and the NVD entry for patch availability.