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Arbitrary code execution in Grunt

ID: c0fbe25d-2512-5351-ae19-225c0ee82759

STIX ID: report--c0fbe25d-2512-5351-ae19-225c0ee82759

Feed Name: Snyk Blog

Threat Score
50/100

Date Published: 2020-09-21

Date Updated: 2026-09-15

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Snyk Research discovered an arbitrary code execution vulnerability (CVE-2020-7729) in the Grunt JavaScript package caused by use of js-yaml's unsafe load() function; researchers confirmed exploitability with a proof-of-concept, notified the maintainer, and the issue was fixed in Grunt v1.3.0 with Snyk adding the CVE to its database and notifying affected projects.

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