Vulnerabilities

Vulnerability · CVE-2024-48908

lychee link checking action checks links in Markdown, HTML, and text files using lychee.

Published Aug 28, 2025 · catalog updated Aug 28, 2025 · lychee link checking action

Last checked Oct 28, 2026. A connected source was read within the last 7 days.

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2024-48908. EPSS is 0.37%. Act only if a listed version of lychee link checking action is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • The stored product name is a package slug. The name on this page is taken from the title (lychee link checking action).
  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
Medium6.9
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.37%
Remediation
Version ranges on file
Affected products
vendor lycheeverse lychee-action < 2.0.2

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.

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • vendor lycheeverse lychee-action < 2.0.2< 2.0.2

How to fix CVE-2024-48908

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2024-48908. EPSS is 0.37%. Act only if a listed version of lychee link checking action is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with lycheeverse lychee-action < 2.0.2 < 2.0.2. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.37%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Aug 28, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    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.

  2. Aug 28, 2025 · EUVD

    Updated

    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.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2024-48908

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2024-48908

    30-day exploitation probability 0.37%

    first.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2024-54925

    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

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 28, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.

  • FIRST EPSSOct 28, 2026
  • CVE.orgOct 22, 2026
  • EUVDOct 22, 2026