Grunt
CVE-2020-7729
HIGH
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
ASVS 5.0
V13 - Configuration Secure default settings
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| Impact | CVSS score of 7.1 (HIGH). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, high complexity, low privileges required, user interaction required. Public proof-of-concept exploit code is available. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | This vulnerability can be exploited remotely over the network. Successful exploitation could compromise the high-severity affected system. |
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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. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. Public exploit code available.
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.
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Affects 1 package in npm
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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.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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CVSS VectorVendor: snyk
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.
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Attack Technique
Remote Code Execution represents the critical moment when an attacker successfully runs arbitrary code on a target system without physical access.
Affected Products (CPE)CVE.org
file.copy operations in GruntJS are vulnerable to a TOCTOU race condition leading to arbitrary file write in GitHub repo
Path Traversal in GitHub repository gruntjs/grunt prior to 1.5.2. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability i
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