---
id: CVE-2024-54132
aliases:
  - GHSA-2m9h-r57g-45pj
  - GO-2024-3310
title: >-
  Downloading malicious GitHub Actions workflow artifact results in path
  traversal vulnerability
summary: >-
  Downloading malicious GitHub Actions workflow artifact results in path
  traversal vulnerability
severity: medium
vendor: cli
product: github.com/cli/cli/v2
ecosystem: go
affected:
  - github.com/cli/cli/v2 < 2.63.1
  - github.com/cli/cli <= 1.14.0
patched:
  - github.com/cli/cli/v2 2.63.1
published: '2024-12-04'
updated: '2026-09-10'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-10T03:50:56.033873628Z'
source: OSV
sourceUrl: 'https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-2m9h-r57g-45pj'
references:
  - url: 'https://github.com/cli/cli/security/advisories/GHSA-2m9h-r57g-45pj'
  - url: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-54132'
  - url: 'https://github.com/cli/cli/commit/1136764c369aaf0cae4ec2ee09dc35d871076932'
  - url: 'https://github.com/cli/cli'
tags:
  - osv
  - go
epss: 0.00629
epssPercentile: 0.47898
ingestedAt: '2026-09-12T03:13:01.745Z'
---

## Overview

### Summary

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`. 

### Details

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.

In `2.63.1`, `gh run download` will not download artifacts named `..` and `.` and instead exit with the following error message:

```
error downloading ..: would result in path traversal
```

### Impact

Successful exploitation heightens the risk of local path traversal attack vectors exactly 1 directory higher than intended.

### Remediation and Mitigation

1. Upgrade `gh` to `2.63.1`
2. Implement additional validation to ensure artifact filenames do not contain potentially dangerous patterns, such as `..`, to prevent path traversal risks.

## Affected packages

- `github.com/cli/cli/v2 < 2.63.1`
- `github.com/cli/cli <= 1.14.0`

## Remediation

Upgrade to a patched release:

- `github.com/cli/cli/v2 2.63.1`