Is CVE-2024-42471 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2024-42471 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2024-42471?

CVE-2024-42471 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.3 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2024-42471?

CVE-2024-42471 has an EPSS score of 3.04% (86th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2024-42471?

Upgrade actions\/artifact to 2.1.7 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2024-42471

HIGHEPSS 86th pctl

7.3

CVSS v3

NVD

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.

CWE-22Path Traversal

How to fix

Remediation Available

actions\/artifactNVD

Affected:>= 2.0.0, < 2.1.7Fixed in:2.1.7CVE-2024-42471derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

3.04%probability of exploitation in 30 days

86thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 86% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

github.com

Other references2

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2025-08-27.