CVE-2024-54132CWE-22

GitHub CLI allows downloading malicious GitHub Actions workflow artifact to result in path traversal vulnerability

Medium · published December 4, 2024

CVSS v4.0
6.3
EPSS
1%
Percentile
49.5
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

The GitHub CLI is GitHub’s official command line tool. A security vulnerability has been identified in GitHub CLI that could create or overwrite files in unintended directories when users download a malicious GitHub Actions workflow artifact through gh run download. This vulnerability stems from a GitHub Actions workflow artifact named .. when downloaded using gh run download. The artifact name and --dir flag are used to determine the artifact’s download path. When the artifact is named .., the resulting files within the artifact are extracted exactly 1 directory higher than the specified --dir flag value. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.63.1.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v4.0
6.3 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/U:Green
EPSS
0.00629 · 49.5th percentile
Weakness
CWE-22 · Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Published
2024-12-04T15:29Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 04 DEC 15:29Z
    GitHub CLI allows downloading malicious GitHub Actions workflow artifact to result in path traversal vulnerability
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