CVE-2020-7729 (GCVE-0-2020-7729)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-09-03 09:00 – Updated: 2024-09-17 01:45
VLAI
Title
Arbitrary Code Execution
Summary
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.
Severity
7.1 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/RL:O
CWE
  • Arbitrary Code Execution
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a grunt Affected: unspecified , < 1.3.0 (custom)
Date Public
2020-09-03 00:00
Credits
Snyk Security Team
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