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    CVE-2024-42471

    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.

    Published:Sep 2, 2024
    Last Modified:Aug 27, 2025
    EPS:Sep 2, 2024
    EPSS Score:0.01067
    CVSS Score:7.3

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Github
    Product
    Actions\/artifact
    Vendor
    Github
    Product
    Actions Toolkit

    Exploits

    https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/52276https://github.com/theMcSam/CVE-2024-42471-PoC

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High