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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| 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 | |
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 MITRE
                        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
 Vulnrichment
                        Vulnrichment
                    Updated: 2024-12-04T19:15:00.768Z
 NVD
                        NVD
                    Status : Received
Published: 2024-12-04T16:15:26.730
Modified: 2024-12-04T16:15:26.730
Link: CVE-2024-54132
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                        Redhat
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