CVE-2024-54132

Name	CVE-2024-54132
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.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs	1089120

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
gh (PTS)	bookworm	2.23.0+dfsg1-1	vulnerable
	sid, trixie	2.46.0-1	vulnerable

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
gh	source	(unstable)	(unfixed)			1089120

Notes

[bookworm] - gh <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://github.com/cli/cli/security/advisories/GHSA-2m9h-r57g-45pj
Merge commit: https://github.com/cli/cli/commit/1136764c369aaf0cae4ec2ee09dc35d871076932 (v2.63.1)