CVE catalog
CVE-2020-7729
grunt: CVE-2020-7729
- Severity
- High · CVSS 7.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 2.30% · Oct 25, 2026
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.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | grunt | sid | 1.6.3-1 | fixed |
| Debian | grunt | forky | 1.6.3-1 | fixed |
| Debian | grunt | trixie | 1.6.1-1 | fixed |
| Debian | grunt | bookworm | 1.5.3-2 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | grunt | pro | 1.3.0-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | grunt | pro | 1.3.0-2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | grunt | pro | 1.4.1-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | grunt | pro | 1.4.1-2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | grunt | pro | 1.4.1-2ubuntu0.1~esm1 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | grunt | 18.04 | 1.0.1-5 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | grunt | 18.04 | 1.0.1-6 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | grunt | 18.04 | 1.0.1-7 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | grunt | 18.04 | 1.0.1-8 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | grunt | 18.04 | 1.0.1-8ubuntu0.1 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | grunt | 18.04 | 1.0.1-5 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | grunt | 18.04 | 1.0.1-6 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | grunt | 18.04 | 1.0.1-7 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | grunt | 18.04 | 1.0.1-8 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | grunt | 18.04 | 1.0.1-8ubuntu0.1 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | grunt | pro | 1.0.1-9 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | grunt | pro | 1.0.4-2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | grunt | pro | 1.0.4-2ubuntu0.1~esm1 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | grunt | source | sid | 1.3.0-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [969668] |
| Debian | grunt | source | forky | 1.3.0-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [969668] |
| Debian | grunt | source | trixie | 1.3.0-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [969668] |
| Debian | grunt | source | bookworm | 1.3.0-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [969668] |
| Ubuntu | grunt | deb | pro | 1.4.1-2ubuntu0.1~esm1 | Not reported | USN-5847-1 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | grunt | deb | 18.04 | 1.0.1-8ubuntu0.1 | Not reported | USN-4595-1 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | grunt | deb | 18.04 | 1.0.1-8ubuntu0.1 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-7729 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | grunt | deb | pro | 1.0.4-2ubuntu0.1~esm1 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-7729 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [grunt]Fixed
Details (2)
1.5.3-2· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.3.0-1dsa · grunt · debian · bookworm; dsa · grunt · debian · 12
1.5.3-2· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.3.0-1dsa · grunt · debian · bookworm; dsa · grunt · debian · 12
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
- [grunt]Fixed
Details (2)
1.6.1-1· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.3.0-1dsa · grunt · debian · 13
1.6.1-1· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.3.0-1dsa · grunt · debian · 13
Observed:
References
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-7729]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DLA-2368-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-7729]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-4595-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-5847-1]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-7729]
- [https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2020/cve-2020-7729.json]
- [https://wid.cert-bund.de/.well-known/csaf/white/2026/wid-sec-w-2026-2460.json]
[CERT-Bund public advisories] · [Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [Red Hat security advisories and VEX]