CVE-2020-7729

Summary

CVECVE-2020-7729
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-09-03 09:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-11-16 14:05:00 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-1188

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Application Gruntjs Grunt All All All All
Application Gruntjs Grunt All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Switch to use `safeLoad` for loading YML files via `file.readYAML`. · gruntjs/grunt@e350cea · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 2368-1] grunt security update MLIST lists.debian.org Third Party Advisory
N/A CONFIRM github.com Broken Link
Arbitrary Code Execution in grunt | Snyk CONFIRM snyk.io Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Arbitrary Code Execution in org.webjars.npm:grunt | Snyk CONFIRM snyk.io Third Party Advisory
USN-4595-1: Grunt vulnerability | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
grunt/file.js at main · gruntjs/grunt · GitHub MITRE github.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

LEGACY: Snyk Security Team

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 199571 Ubuntu Security Notification for Grunt Vulnerabilities (USN-5847-1)
  • 982660 Nodejs (npm) Security Update for grunt (GHSA-m5pj-vjjf-4m3h)

© CVE.report 2026

Use of this information constitutes acceptance for use in an AS IS condition. There are NO warranties, implied or otherwise, with regard to this information or its use. Any use of this information is at the user's risk. It is the responsibility of user to evaluate the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any information, opinion, advice or other content. EACH USER WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY consequences of his or her direct or indirect use of this web site. ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND ARE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMED. This site will NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT or any other kind of loss.

CVE, CWE, and OVAL are registred trademarks of The MITRE Corporation and the authoritative source of CVE content is MITRE's CVE web site. This site includes MITRE data granted under the following license.

Free CVE JSON API cve.report/api

CVE.report and Source URL Uptime Status status.cve.report