CVE-2024-48908 (GCVE-0-2024-48908)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-08-28 14:56 – Updated: 2025-08-28 20:11
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Summary
lychee link checking action checks links in Markdown, HTML, and text files using lychee. Prior to version 2.0.2, there is a potential attack of arbitrary code injection vulnerability in lychee-setup of the composite action at action.yml. This issue has been patched in version 2.0.2.
Severity ?
6.9 (Medium)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U
CWE
  • CWE-94 - Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
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References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
lycheeverse lychee-action Affected: < 2.0.2
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