CVE-2020-7729

High

Description

The package grunt before 1.3.0 are vulnerable to Arbitrary Code Execution due to the default usage of the function load() instead of its secure replacement safeLoad() of the package js-yaml inside grunt.file.readYAML.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.1
Exploit probability—
ProductGrunt
PublishedSep 3, 2020
First seenSep 3, 2020

How to fix

Update
  • gruntjs grunt1.3.0 or later
  • grunt1.3.0 or later
Vendor advisories

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
gruntjs gruntv < 1.3.01.3.0
debian debian_linux9.0—
canonical ubuntu_linux18.04—
gruntnpmv < 1.3.01.3.0

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