{"cve":"CVE-2020-7729","nvd":{"published":"2020-09-03T09:15:10.360","modified":"2026-06-17T03:25:20.460","status":"Modified","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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":7.1},"cwes":["CWE-1188"],"references":["https://github.com/gruntjs/grunt/blob/master/lib/grunt/file.js%23L249","https://github.com/gruntjs/grunt/commit/e350cea1724eb3476464561a380fb6a64e61e4e7","https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00008.html","https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-607922","https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-GRUNT-597546"],"products":["canonical:ubuntu_linux","debian:debian_linux","gruntjs:grunt"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:09:20.498348299+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2020-7729","score":0.02304,"percentile":0.83331,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-m5pj-vjjf-4m3h","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-m5pj-vjjf-4m3h","summary":"Arbitrary Code Execution in grunt","modified":"2026-09-10T03:49:05.039322697Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"npm","name":"grunt","purl":"pkg:npm/grunt","ranges":["<1.3.0"],"fixed":["1.3.0"]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}