CVE-2022-1537

grunt: file.copy operations in GruntJS are vulnerable to a TOCTOU race condition leading to arbitrary file write in GitHub r...

CVE-2022-1537 is fixed in grunt on 1 platform, first by grunt 1.0.1-8ubuntu0.1+esm1, released May 10, 2022. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

High
CVSS
7.0
high
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0030
23rd percentile

file.copy operations in GruntJS are vulnerable to a TOCTOU race condition leading to arbitrary file write in GitHub repository gruntjs/grunt prior to 1.5.3. This vulnerability is capable of arbitrary file writes which can lead to local privilege escalation to the GruntJS user if a lower-privileged user has write access to both source and destination directories as the lower-privileged user can create a symlink to the GruntJS user's .bashrc file or replace /etc/shadow file if the GruntJS user is root.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
grunt · Debian 12.15 (bookworm) 1.5.3-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2022-1537 May 10, 2022
grunt · Debian 13.5 (trixie) 1.5.3-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2022-1537 May 10, 2022
grunt · Debian 14 1.5.3-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2022-1537 May 10, 2022
grunt · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 1.0.1-8ubuntu0.1+esm1 grunt 1.0.1-8ubuntu0.1+esm1 May 10, 2022
grunt · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 1.0.4-2ubuntu0.1~esm1 grunt 1.0.4-2ubuntu0.1~esm1 May 10, 2022
grunt · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 1.4.1-2ubuntu0.1~esm1 grunt 1.4.1-2ubuntu0.1~esm1 May 10, 2022

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