CVE-2024-42471 - Arbitrary File Write via artifact extraction in actions/artifact

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HIGH

Arbitrary File Write via artifact extraction in actions/artifact

Published Sep 2, 2024

8.6

HIGH

CVSS 4.0

EPSS 3.22%

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.

Affected products

Vendor Actions Product Toolkit Default
n/a
- Version
  >= 2.0.0, < 2.1.2
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  -

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor

Product

Default status

Versions

Actions

Toolkit

n/a

Version	Status	Constraints
>= 2.0.0, < 2.1.2	affected	-

Ecosystem	Package	Introduced	Fixed
npm	@actions/artifact	2.0.0	2.1.2

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-22

Path Traversal

References (10)

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2024-2737
Advisory
https://github.com/actions/download-artifact/blob/v3/package.json#L31
https://github.com/actions/toolkit/commit/29885a805ef3e95a9862dcaa8431c30981960017
https://github.com/actions/toolkit/pull/1602
https://github.com/actions/toolkit/pull/1666
x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/actions/toolkit/pull/1724
https://github.com/actions/toolkit/security/advisories/GHSA-6q32-hq47-5qq3
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6q32-hq47-5qq3
Advisory
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-42471
https://snyk.io/research/zip-slip-vulnerability
x_refsource_MISCNot Applicable

Link	Providers	Tags
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2024-2737		Advisory
https://github.com/actions/download-artifact/blob/v3/package.json#L31
https://github.com/actions/toolkit/commit/29885a805ef3e95a9862dcaa8431c30981960017
https://github.com/actions/toolkit/pull/1602
https://github.com/actions/toolkit/pull/1666		x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/actions/toolkit/pull/1724
https://github.com/actions/toolkit/security/advisories/GHSA-6q32-hq47-5qq3		x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6q32-hq47-5qq3		Advisory
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-42471
https://snyk.io/research/zip-slip-vulnerability		x_refsource_MISCNot Applicable