{"id":"CVE-2024-42471","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2024-42471","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T02:56:34.514Z","title":"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…","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.","published":"2024-09-02T18:15:36.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T07:49:31.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"security-advisories@github.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-22"],"affected":["github/actions\\/artifact","github/actions toolkit"],"epss":{"score":0.03219,"percentile":0.8813,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":false,"firstPublished":"2025-04-30","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":52276,"kind":"exploit","title":"unzip-stream 0.3.1 - Arbitrary File Write","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/52276","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/nodejs/local/52276.py","file":"exploits/nodejs/local/52276.py","published":"2025-04-30","added":"2025-04-30","updated":"2025-04-30","author":"cybersploit","type":"local","platform":"nodejs","port":null,"verified":false,"codes":["CVE-2024-42471"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":"https://themcsam.github.io/posts/unzip-stream-PoC/"}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB and the impact is high, while EPSS rates exploitation at 3.2%. Anyone can run this; patch or mitigate before the next change window and check exposed instances for signs of use."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/actions/toolkit/pull/1666","source":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/actions/toolkit/security/advisories/GHSA-6q32-hq47-5qq3","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://snyk.io/research/zip-slip-vulnerability","tags":["Not Applicable"],"source":"security-advisories@github.com"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-42471","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}