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 2.28%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.28%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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.
- 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
- 2.28% probability · 82th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-1188
- Affected
- gruntjs/grunt · debian/debian linux · canonical/ubuntu linux
- Source
- report@snyk.io
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. Refreshed daily.