CVE-2020-7729 HIGH

CVE-2020-7729: Arbitrary Code Execution

Vendor N/A
Product grunt
Published September 3, 2020
Last update September 17, 2024

CVSS base score

7.1/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity High
Privileges required Low
User interaction Required
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

September 3, 2020 CVE published
September 17, 2024 Record updated