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CVE-2022-0436 json

Path Traversal in gruntjs/grunt

published 4y ago modified last mo. also GHSA-j383-35pm-c5h4 , EUVD-2022-1767

cvss
7.1
version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.6%
EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 48%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Path Traversal in GitHub repository gruntjs/grunt prior to 1.5.2.

Patch / fix

  • npm grunt 1.5.2
  • gruntjs gruntjs/grunt 1.5.2
  • grunt Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.5.2-2

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2022-0436

  • grunt Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS 1.0.1-8ubuntu0.1+esm1
  • grunt Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS 1.0.4-2ubuntu0.1~esm1
  • grunt Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS 1.4.1-2ubuntu0.1~esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2022-0436

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • grunt-cli Arch Linux 1.5.3-1

arch linux advisories AVG-2827

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Vendor advisories

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red hat product security vex CVE-2022-0436 updated cvss 7.1

gruntjs/grunt: Path Traversal vulnerability

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.59% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 48% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • huntr.dev https://huntr.dev/bounties/f55315e9-9f6d-4dbb-8c40-bae50c1ae92b referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.0 7.1 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
NVD 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 2.1 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
GitHub 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
npm grunt
<1.5.2
1.5.2

Affected products

  • gruntjs gruntjs/grunt

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

References

Sources

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