CVE-2024-54132 MEDIUM

CVE-2024-54132: GitHub CLI allows downloading malicious GitHub Actions workflow artifact to result in path traversal vulnerability

Vendor Cli
Product cli
Weakness CWE-22 · Path traversal
Published December 4, 2024
Last update December 4, 2024
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CVSS base score

6.3/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity High
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality —
Integrity —

CVSS 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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

December 4, 2024 CVE published
December 4, 2024 Record updated