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TI-2020-06248 Aliases CVE-2020-7729GHSA-m5pj-vjjf-4m3h

Arbitrary code execution in grunt

Priority LOW 36CWE-1188Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
High
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub.

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.02304 83rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed grunt: 1.3.0grunt (npm): 1.3.0

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
—gruntbefore 1.3.01.3.0Patch availableCNA
—grunt (npm)before 1.3.01.3.0Patch availableGHSA-m5pj-vjjf-4m3h
  • grunt Vendor— Affected before 1.3.0 Fixed in 1.3.0 Patch available CNA
  • grunt (npm) Vendor— Affected before 1.3.0 Fixed in 1.3.0 Patch available GHSA-m5pj-vjjf-4m3h

CPE configurations NVD · 3

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:gruntjs:grunt:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*before 1.3.0Vulnerablegruntjs
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*9.0VulnerableDebian
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*18.04VulnerableCanonical
  • cpe:2.3:a:gruntjs:grunt:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* Versions before 1.3.0 Vulnerable ·gruntjs
  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 9.0 Vulnerable ·Debian
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* Versions 18.04 Vulnerable ·Canonical

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA grunt Fixed in 1.3.0
  • Fix · GHSA-m5pj-vjjf-4m3h grunt (npm) Fixed in 1.3.0 Advisory →

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-7729
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-m5pj-vjjf-4m3h

References

Patch 1

Advisory 3

Other 2

Sources

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