Upgrade grunt-contrib-clean to 2.0.1 to fix CVE-2021-43138

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High-severity (CVSS 7.8) prototype pollution vulnerability in transitive dependency async@2.6.3 via grunt-contrib-clean@2.0.0.

• Bump grunt-contrib-clean from ^2.0.0 to ^2.0.1 in package.json
• Update package-lock.json: async 2.6.3 → 3.2.6 (no longer vulnerable, drops lodash transitive dep)

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Vulnerable Library - grunt-contrib-clean-2.0.0.tgz

Path to dependency file: /package.json

Path to vulnerable library: /package.json

Found in HEAD commit: 7c898c0839317ea7989d15935972aa4dc520b907

Vulnerabilities

Vulnerability	Severity	CVSS	Exploit Maturity	EPSS	Dependency	Type	Fixed in (grunt-contrib-clean version)	Fix PR available	Reachability
CVE-2021-43138	High	7.8	Not Defined	0.70000005%	async-2.6.3.tgz	Transitive	2.0.1	✅	Unreachable

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Details

CVE-2021-43138

Vulnerable Library - async-2.6.3.tgz

Higher-order functions and common patterns for asynchronous code

Library home page: https://registry.npmjs.org/async/-/async-2.6.3.tgz

Path to dependency file: /package.json

Path to vulnerable library: /package.json

Dependency Hierarchy:

• grunt-contrib-clean-2.0.0.tgz (Root Library)
  • ❌ async-2.6.3.tgz (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: 7c898c0839317ea7989d15935972aa4dc520b907

Found in base branches: develop, master

Reachability Analysis

The vulnerable code is unreachable

Vulnerability Details

In Async before 2.6.4 and 3.x before 3.2.2, a malicious user can obtain privileges via the mapValues() method, aka lib/internal/iterator.js createObjectIterator prototype pollution.

Publish Date: 2022-04-06

URL: CVE-2021-43138

Threat Assessment

Exploit Maturity: Not Defined

EPSS: 0.70000005%

CVSS 3 Score Details (7.8)

Base Score Metrics:

• Exploitability Metrics:
  • Attack Vector: Local
  • Attack Complexity: Low
  • Privileges Required: None
  • User Interaction: Required
  • Scope: Unchanged
• Impact Metrics:
  • Confidentiality Impact: High
  • Integrity Impact: High
  • Availability Impact: High

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-43138

Release Date: 2022-04-06

Fix Resolution (async): async - 2.6.4,3.2.2

Direct dependency fix Resolution (grunt-contrib-clean): 2.0.1

⛑️ Automatic Remediation will be attempted for this issue.

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Comments on the Issue (you are @copilot in this section)

• Fixes grunt-contrib-clean-2.0.0.tgz: 1 vulnerabilities (highest severity is: 7.8) unreachable #884

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