VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2020-7729

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.

HIGH 7.1EPSS 2.30%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.30%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

CVSS 3.1: 7.1 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS: 2.30% probability · 83th percentile
Public exploits: None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-1188
Affected: gruntjs/grunt · debian/debian linux · canonical/ubuntu linux
Source: report@snyk.io

EPSS trend

EPSS 2.3% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

References

https://github.com/gruntjs/grunt/blob/master/lib/grunt/file.js%23L249Broken Link
https://github.com/gruntjs/grunt/commit/e350cea1724eb3476464561a380fb6a64e61e4e7Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00008.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-607922Third Party Advisory
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-GRUNT-597546Exploit, Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4595-1/Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/gruntjs/grunt/blob/master/lib/grunt/file.js%23L249Broken Link
https://github.com/gruntjs/grunt/commit/e350cea1724eb3476464561a380fb6a64e61e4e7Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00008.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-607922Third Party Advisory
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-GRUNT-597546Exploit, Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4595-1/Third Party Advisory

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.