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.
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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Description 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.
Title GitHub CLI allows downloading malicious GitHub Actions workflow artifact to result in path traversal vulnerability
Weaknesses CWE-22
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 6.3, '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'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published: 2024-12-04T15:29:07.426Z

Updated: 2024-12-04T21:40:02.517Z

Reserved: 2024-11-29T18:02:16.754Z

Link: CVE-2024-54132

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-12-04T19:15:00.768Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2024-12-04T16:15:26.730

Modified: 2024-12-04T16:15:26.730

Link: CVE-2024-54132

cve-icon Redhat

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