{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2020-7729","details":"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.","modified":"2026-01-30T02:30:52.317507Z","published":"2020-09-03T09:15:00Z","related":["USN-4595-1","USN-5847-1"],"upstream":["CVE-2020-7729"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-7729"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://github.com/gruntjs/grunt/commit/e350cea1724eb3476464561a380fb6a64e61e4e7"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-GRUNT-597546"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4595-1"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5847-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-7729"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"grunt","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:18.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/grunt@1.0.1-8ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=bionic"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.0.1-8ubuntu0.1"}]}],"versions":["1.0.1-5","1.0.1-6","1.0.1-7","1.0.1-8"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"1.0.1-8ubuntu0.1","binary_name":"grunt"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2020/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-7729.json"}},{"package":{"name":"grunt","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/grunt@1.0.4-2ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/focal"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.0.4-2ubuntu0.1~esm1"}]}],"versions":["1.0.1-9","1.0.4-2"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"1.0.4-2ubuntu0.1~esm1","binary_name":"grunt"}],"availability":"Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2020/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-7729.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}