USN-4595-1

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4595-1
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-4595-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-4595-1
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Published
2020-10-20T20:49:50.044942Z
Modified
2025-10-13T04:35:16Z
Summary
grunt vulnerability
Details

It was discovered that Grunt did not properly load yaml files. An attacker could possibly use this to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2020-7729)

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / grunt

Package

Name
grunt
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/grunt@1.0.1-8ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.0.1-8ubuntu0.1

Affected versions

1.*

1.0.1-5
1.0.1-6
1.0.1-7
1.0.1-8

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1.0.1-8ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "grunt"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:18.04:LTS",
    "cves": [
        {
            "severity": [
                {
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
                    "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                    "score": "medium",
                    "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
            ],
            "id": "CVE-2020-7729"
        }
    ]
}