CVE Vulnerability

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.

4.6 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 6.4

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

Scope

7.1 /10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.2 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-GRUNT-597546 Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-607922 Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/gruntjs/grunt/blob/master/lib/grunt/file.js%23L249 Broken Link
https://github.com/gruntjs/grunt/commit/e350cea1724eb3476464561a380fb6a64e61e4e7 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00008.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4595-1/ Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:gruntjs:grunt:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2020-09-03 09:15

Updated : 2022-11-16 02:05

NVD link : CVE-2020-7729

Mitre link : CVE-2020-7729

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-1188

Insecure Default Initialization of Resource