CVE-2024-42471

moderate-risk
Published 2024-09-02

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.

Do I need to act?

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7.7% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — moderate exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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1 public exploit available
52276
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 7.3/10 High
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (2)

Actions\/Artifact
Actions Toolkit

Affected Vendors

Github

References (3)

https://github.com/actions/toolkit/pull/1666
Vendor Advisory https://github.com/actions/toolkit/security/advisories/GHSA-6q32-hq47-5qq3
Not Applicable https://snyk.io/research/zip-slip-vulnerability
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/ 100
moderate-risk
Severity 26/34 · High
Exploitability 10/34 · Low
Exposure 7/34 · Low