CVE-2023-22726

Unrestricted file upload leading to privilege escalation in act

HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: January 20, 2023 at 09:02 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 05:36 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsActAct

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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
SSVC
PoC

Description

act is a project which allows for local running of github actions. The artifact server that stores artifacts from Github Action runs does not sanitize path inputs. This allows an attacker to download and overwrite arbitrary files on the host from a Github Action. This issue may lead to privilege escalation. The /upload endpoint is vulnerable to path traversal as filepath is user controlled, and ultimately flows into os.Mkdir and os.Open. The /artifact endpoint is vulnerable to path traversal as the path is variable is user controlled, and the specified file is ultimately returned by the server. This has been addressed in version 0.2.40. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade may, during implementation of Open and OpenAtEnd for FS, ensure to use ValidPath() to check against path traversal or clean the user-provided paths manually.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 0.2.40
Affected range stops below 0.2.40, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 0.2.40
Affected range stops below 0.2.40, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCPoCNot automatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-434CWE-22

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