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Download workflow artifact

Actively maintained

dawidd6/action-download-artifact · MIT

A GitHub Action to download an artifact associated with given workflow and commit or other criteria

832 starsLast commit 20 days agoLatest v21
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60
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Security 41Maintenance 92Popularity 60Reliability 39

Security signals

OpenSSF Scorecard4.1 / 10
SECURITY.md presentNo
Immutable releasesEnabled
Known vulnerabilities1 advisory(ies)
  • GHSA-5xr6-xhww-33m4high

    Artifact poisoning vulnerability in action-download-artifact v5 and earlier

    Published Nov 25, 2024

How to use it safely

Recommended: pin to commit SHA
uses: dawidd6/action-download-artifact@b6e2e70617bc3265edd6dab6c906732b2f1ae151 # v21

Mutable tags like v21 can be rewritten to point at malicious commits. Pinning to the full commit SHA is the only reference GitHub guarantees immutable.

Full workflow example
steps:
  - uses: dawidd6/action-download-artifact@b6e2e70617bc3265edd6dab6c906732b2f1ae151 # v21

Score breakdown

Security (35%)41
Popularity (20%)60
Maintenance (30%)92
Reliability (15%)39