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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| snykCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High7.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/RL:O |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.3% · top 17% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.1.
Weakness
- Arbitrary Code Execution
- CWE-1188 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-1188 and its CVEs
Affected products
grunt
- affected unspecified – < 1.3.0
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
References (6)
- https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-GRUNT-597546 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-607922 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/gruntjs/grunt/blob/master/lib/grunt/file.js%23L249 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/gruntjs/grunt/commit/e350cea1724eb3476464561a380fb6a64e61e4e7 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20200909 [SECURITY] [DLA 2368-1] grunt security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- USN-4595-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-m5pj-vjjf-4m3h (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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