high7.1
CVE-2020-7729
Arbitrary Code Execution in grunt
Impact
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.
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| npm | grunt | < 1.3.0 | 1.3.0 |
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Gruntjs | Grunt | before 1.3.0 |
| Debian | Debian Linux | Version 9.0 |
| Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | Version 18.04 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- GitHub advisory
- https://github.com/gruntjs/grunt/blob/master/lib/grunt/file.js%23L249
- https://github.com/gruntjs/grunt/commit/e350cea1724eb3476464561a380fb6a64e61e4e7
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00008.html
- https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-607922
- https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-GRUNT-597546
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4595-1/
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-m5pj-vjjf-4m3h
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-7729