Vulnerability Report

CVE-2024-42471

Title: Github Actions\/Artifact Path Traversal / LFI

Path Traversal / LFI

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2024-42471

CWE Category CWE-22
Published Date Sep 02, 2024
Modified Date Aug 27, 2025
Exploit Status Available
Score 7.3 CVSS v3.1
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
7.71%

Vulnerability Summary

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.

Impacted Vendors

G
github 2

Reference Links

https://github.com/actions/toolkit/pull/1666 https://github.com/actions/toolkit/security/advisories/GHSA-6q32-hq47-5qq3 https://snyk.io/research/zip-slip-vulnerability
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
7.5
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
Severity HIGH
7.5
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
7.3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
REQUIRED
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2024-42471 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/52276
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MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK
Complexity LOW
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.