Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU72012

Path traversal in grunt - CVE-2022-0436

Published: February 7, 2023

Vulnerability identifier: #VU72012

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-0436

CWE-ID: CWE-22

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform directory traversal attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to input validation error when processing directory traversal sequences. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request and read arbitrary files on the system.

Affected software

grunt
Ubuntu
openEuler
grunt (Ubuntu package)
nodejs-grunt

How to mitigate CVE-2022-0436

Install update from vendor's website.

grunt - update to 1.5.2
grunt (Ubuntu package) - update to Ubuntu Pro
nodejs-grunt - update to 1.0.1-3

External References

https://huntr.dev/bounties/f55315e9-9f6d-4dbb-8c40-bae50c1ae92b
https://github.com/gruntjs/grunt/commit/aad3d4521c3098fb255fb2db8f2e1d691a033665

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