Is CVE-2020-7729 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2020-7729 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2020-7729?

CVE-2020-7729 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.1 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2020-7729?

CVE-2020-7729 has an EPSS score of 2.38% (82th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2020-7729?

Upgrade grunt on debian 11 to 1.3.0-1 or later. Fixes are available for 2 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2020-7729

HIGHEPSS 82th pctl

7.1

CVSS v3

NVD

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.

CWE-1188

How to fix

Remediation Available

gruntDebian

Fixed in:1.3.0-1CVE-2020-7729

gruntUbuntu

Fixed in:1.0.1-8ubuntu0.1USN-4595-1

Fixed in:1.0.1-8ubuntu0.1+esm1USN-5847-1

Fixed in:1.0.4-2ubuntu0.1~esm1USN-5847-1

Fixed in:1.4.1-2ubuntu0.1~esm1USN-5847-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityHigh

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

2.38%probability of exploitation in 30 days

82ndpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 82% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

github.com

Exploit1

snyk.io

Third-Party Advisory3

Other references1

github.com

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.