CVE-2020-7729 is an arbitrary code execution vulnerability affecting versions of the Grunt package prior to 1.3.0, stemming from its use of the insecure load() function from js-yaml instead of safeLoad() within grunt.file.readYAML. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 7.1) requires low privileges and user interaction, but has high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, with a high attack complexity. Despite its potential impact, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gruntjs:grunt:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* | ||
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
18.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.