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.

CVSS v3.0 7.1 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 4.6 MEDIUM

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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

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CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

V2 Legend

Vector : AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity HIGH

Authentication SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

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 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:gruntjs:grunt:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2020-09-03 02:15

Updated : 2022-11-16 06:05

NVD link : CVE-2020-7729

Mitre link : CVE-2020-7729

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-1188

Insecure Default Initialization of Resource

Products Affected

debian

debian_linux

canonical

ubuntu_linux

gruntjs

grunt

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