Race Condition Affecting org.webjars.npm:grunt package, versions [0,]


0.0
medium

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity High
    Integrity High
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    Exploit Maturity Proof of concept
    EPSS 0.04% (6th percentile)
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NVD
7 high
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Red Hat
7.8 high

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-2813633
  • published 11 May 2022
  • disclosed 11 May 2022
  • credit haxatron

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for org.webjars.npm:grunt.

Overview

org.webjars.npm:grunt is a JavaScript task runner.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Race Condition via the file.copy operations. Exploiting this vulnerability leads to arbitrary file writing when an attacker can create a symlink just after deletion of the destination symlink, but right before the symlink is being written.