CVE-2024-42471

Sept. 2, 2024, 6:15 p.m.

Received
CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.

Products

GitHub Actions Toolkit

  • before 2.1.7

Source

security-advisories@github.com

Tags

CVE-2024-42471 details

Published : Sept. 2, 2024, 6:15 p.m.
Last Modified : Sept. 2, 2024, 6:15 p.m.

Description

actions/artifact is the GitHub ToolKit for developing GitHub Actions. Versions of `actions/artifact` before 2.1.7 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 2.1.7 or higher. There are no known workarounds for this issue.

CVSS Score

1 2 3 4 5 6 7.3 8 9 10

Weakness

Weakness Name Description
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.

CVSS Data

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

7.3

Exploitability Score

2.1

Impact Score

5.2

Base Severity

HIGH

References

URL Source
https://github.com/actions/toolkit/pull/1724 security-advisories@github.com
https://github.com/actions/toolkit/security/advisories/GHSA-6q32-hq47-5qq3 security-advisories@github.com
https://snyk.io/research/zip-slip-vulnerability security-advisories@github.com
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