| Name | CVE-2020-7729 |
| Description | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-2368-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 969668 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| grunt (PTS) | stretch (security) | 1.0.1-5+deb9u1 | fixed |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 1.0.1-5+deb9u2 | fixed |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 1.0.1-8+deb10u3 | fixed |
| bullseye | 1.3.0-1+deb11u2 | fixed |
| bookworm | 1.5.3-2 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 1.6.1-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| grunt | source | stretch | 1.0.1-5+deb9u1 | | DLA-2368-1 | |
| grunt | source | buster | 1.0.1-8+deb10u1 | | | |
| grunt | source | (unstable) | 1.3.0-1 | | | 969668 |
Notes
https://github.com/gruntjs/grunt/commit/e350cea1724eb3476464561a380fb6a64e61e4e7
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-GRUNT-597546