CVE-2024-42471 EXPLOIT
7.3
HIGH · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 3.2% (pctl 88)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.3 (HIGH, v3.1) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N |
| EPSS | 3.22% — more likely to be exploited than 88% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-22 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2024-09-02 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (2)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| github | actions toolkit |
| github | actions\/artifact |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | unzip-stream 0.3.1 - Arbitrary File Write | 2025-04-30 |
References
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