GHSA-m5pj-vjjf-4m3h

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    GHSA-m5pj-vjjf-4m3h

    Published: 6 May 2021Last Modified: 10 Sept 2026
    Aliases:
    CVE-2020-7729

    Summary: Arbitrary Code Execution in grunt

    Details: 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.

    References: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-7729, https://github.com/gruntjs/grunt/commit/e350cea1724eb3476464561a380fb6a64e61e4e7, https://github.com/gruntjs/grunt/blob/master/lib/grunt/file.js%23L249, 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

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: grunt

    Purl: pkg:npm/grunt

    Affected ranges

    Type: SEMVER

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.3.0

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
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    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
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    High
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