{"id":"CVE-2020-7729","aliases":["GHSA-m5pj-vjjf-4m3h"],"url":"https://o3.security/vulnerability/CVE-2020-7729","summary":"Arbitrary Code Execution in grunt","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.","published":"2020-09-03T09:15:10.360Z","modified":"2026-07-08T05:56:28.906021832Z","cvss":{"score":7.1,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"epss":null,"cisaKev":null,"exploitsKnown":1,"affectedPackages":[{"ecosystem":"npm","name":"grunt","fixedVersion":"1.3.0"}],"fix":{"url":"https://github.com/gruntjs/grunt/commit/e350cea1724eb3476464561a380fb6a64e61e4e7","label":"gruntjs/grunt@e350cea"},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/gruntjs/grunt/blob/master/lib/grunt/file.js%23L249"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00008.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-607922"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/4595-1/"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/gruntjs/grunt/commit/e350cea1724eb3476464561a380fb6a64e61e4e7"},{"type":"EVIDENCE","url":"https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-GRUNT-597546"}],"provenance":{"sources":["OSV.dev","FIRST.org (EPSS)"],"lastVerified":"2026-07-08T05:56:28.906021832Z"}}