CVE-2020-7729 Arbitrary Code Execution

What is CVE-2020-7729?

CVE-2020-7729 is a high-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 3 Sep 2020.

Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-1188

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-7729?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including grunt. It affects 3 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Gruntjs Grunt.

How do I fix CVE-2020-7729?

Upgrade grunt to 1.3.0 or later.

Is CVE-2020-7729 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-7729 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux

• CVE-2020-11651 SaltStack Salt Authentication Bypass Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-7247 OpenSMTPD Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-16928 Exim Out-of-bounds Write Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-6789 Exim Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2015-2590 Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as AZL-44379, DEBIAN-CVE-2020-7729, DLA-2368-1, GHSA-m5pj-vjjf-4m3h, OESA-2022-1544, OESA-2022-2048 and 2 more.