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.
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4595-1/
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-607922
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00008.html
https://github.com/gruntjs/grunt/commit/e350cea1724eb3476464561a380fb6a64e61e4e7
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-GRUNT-597546
https://github.com/gruntjs/grunt/blob/master/lib/grunt/file.js%23L249
Source: Mitre, NVD
Published: 2020-09-03
Updated: 2024-11-21
Base Score: 4.6
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Severity: Medium
Base Score: 7.1
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Severity: High
EPSS: 0.04891