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CVE-2024-42471

Arbitrary File Write via artifact extraction in actions/artifact

Published: Sep 2, 2024Updated: Aug 27, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSACWE-22
NVD MITRE
7.3CVSSHIGH
EPSS Score
3.0%
Top 14.2%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

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 Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:LUI:RS:UC:HI:HA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:RUser Interaction
Required
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-22

Affected Products

actions\/artifactgithubDevTools & CI
actions toolkitgithubDevTools & CI
@actions/artifactnpmOSS Libraries
toolkitactions
Mixed
DevTools & CI / ci-cd
githubcommercialUSDevTools & CIaka github
npmpackage-ecosystemOSS Libraries
actionsDevTools & CI

Attack Graph

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Collection
Discovery
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References

https://github.com/actions/toolkit/pull/1666
github.com
https://github.com/actions/toolkit/security/advisories/GHSA-6q32-hq47-5qq3
github.com
https://snyk.io/research/zip-slip-vulnerability
snyk.io
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Timeline

Published
Sep 2, 2024
Last Updated
Aug 27, 2025

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