CVE-2024-54132

MEDIUM EPSS 45.2%
Published Dec 4, 20241y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago
6.3 CVSS 4.0
Medium
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Published Dec 4, 2024 1y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

Description

The GitHub CLI is GitHub’s official command line tool. A security vulnerability has been identified in GitHub CLI that could create or overwrite files in unintended directories when users download a malicious GitHub Actions workflow artifact through gh run download. This vulnerability stems from a GitHub Actions workflow artifact named .. when downloaded using gh run download. The artifact name and --dir flag are used to determine the artifact’s download path. When the artifact is named .., the resulting files within the artifact are extracted exactly 1 directory higher than the specified --dir flag value. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.63.1.

CVSS Details

Base Score
6.3
Exploitability
—
Impact
—
Vector string
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:Green
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity High
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope X

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
45.2% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
No Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-22 Path Traversal Resource Mgmt

References 2

  • github.com https://github.com/cli/cli/commit/1136764c369aaf0cae4ec2ee09dc35d871076932
  • github.com https://github.com/cli/cli/security/advisories/GHSA-2m9h-r57g-45pj

Remediation

No remediation data recorded yet

Check vendor advisories and the NVD entry for patch availability.