vulnerability
Debian: CVE-2024-54132: gh -- security update
Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
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9 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:N) | Dec 4, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | May 27, 2025 |
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.
Solution

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