What is the CVSS score of CVE-2020-7729?

CVE-2020-7729 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.1 (High). CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. EPSS exploitation probability: 2.3%.

Is there a public PoC exploit available for CVE-2020-7729?

Yes, a public proof-of-concept exploit is available for CVE-2020-7729. Prioritise patching immediately. EPSS: 2.3%.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2020-7729?

Yes, a patch is available for CVE-2020-7729. Update the affected software to the latest version immediately.

Grunt CVE-2020-7729

HIGH

Initialization of a Resource with an Insecure Default (CWE-1188)

2020-09-03 report@snyk.io

RCE Grunt Debian Linux Ubuntu Linux

7.1

CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: snyk

Severity by source

Vendor (snyk) PRIMARY

7.1 HIGH

AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Primary rating from Vendor (snyk) · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorVendor: snyk

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Lifecycle Timeline

CVE Published

Sep 03, 2020 - 09:15 cve.org

HIGH 7.1

Blast Radius

ecosystem impact

† from your stack dependencies † transitive graph · vuln.today resolves 4-path depth

16 npm packages depend on grunt (13 direct, 4 indirect)

Ecosystem-wide dependent count for version 1.3.0.

DescriptionCVE.org

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.

AnalysisAI

Technical ContextAI

This vulnerability is classified under CWE-1188. 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. Affected products include: Gruntjs Grunt, Debian Debian Linux, Canonical Ubuntu Linux. Version information: before 1.3.0.

RemediationAI

A vendor patch is available. Apply the latest security update as soon as possible. Apply vendor patches when available. Implement network segmentation and monitoring as interim mitigations.