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CVE-2024-42471

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Published: Sep 2, 2024Modified: Jun 17, 2026

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7.5
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 3.6
Source: NVD

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.

Affected (2)

Github
2 products
Actions/artifact
Actions Toolkit
Configuration A
1 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Actions/artifact
From 2.0.0 to 2.1.7
Configuration B
1 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Actions Toolkit
All versions

Related CWEs

CWE-22
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.

References (3)

Source: security-advisories@github.com
Source: security-advisories@github.com
Vendor Advisory
Source: security-advisories@github.com
Not Applicable

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