Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4595-1

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
Summary:
Grunt could be made to run programs if it received specially crafted input.
Software Description:
- grunt: JavaScript task runner/build system/maintainer tool
Details:
It was discovered that Grunt did not properly load yaml files. An
attacker could possibly use this to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2020-7729)
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
grunt 1.0.1-8ubuntu0.1
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
Hope this helps.