CVE-2024-42471
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CVE-2024-42471 is a high-severity vulnerability rated 7.5/10 on the CVSS scale. 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. EPSS estimates a 3.04% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
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.
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Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Github | Actions\/Artifact | >= 2.0.0, < 2.1.7 |
| Github | Actions Toolkit | All versions |
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