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TI-2026-53333 Aliases CVE-2026-76228GHSA-mqp7-cg7m-4hhq

Renovate before 42.68.5 Remote Code Execution via Gradle Wrapper

Priority HIGH 72CWE-78Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
High
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Attack requirements
None
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-78.

Summary

Renovate versions >=32.124.0 and before 42.68.5 (and Mend renovate-ce/renovate-ee before 13.3.0) contain a command injection vulnerability in Gradle Wrapper artifact handling. When Renovate processes Gradle Wrapper updates, it invokes a wrapper update command via a shell (e.g. /bin/sh -c ... ./gradlew :wrapper --gradle-distribution-url <value>). If an attacker supplies a malicious gradle-wrapper.properties whose distributionUrl contains shell command substitution syntax such as $(...), the shell evaluates it before Gradle parses the URL, resulting in arbitrary command execution in the Renovate runtime. Exploitation requires the attacker to introduce the malicious file into a repository that Renovate scans; the issue occurs even when allowScripts is disabled.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00959 61st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed renovate (renovatebot): 42.68.5renovate-ce (mend): 13.3.0+2 more products

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
renovatebotrenovate32.124.0 to before 42.68.542.68.5Patch availableCNA
mendrenovate-cebefore 13.3.013.3.0Patch availableCNA
mendrenovate-ee-serverbefore 13.3.013.3.0Patch availableCNA
mendrenovate-ee-workerbefore 13.3.013.3.0Patch availableCNA
  • renovate Vendorrenovatebot Affected 32.124.0 to before 42.68.5 Fixed in 42.68.5 Patch available CNA
  • renovate-ce Vendormend Affected before 13.3.0 Fixed in 13.3.0 Patch available CNA
  • renovate-ee-server Vendormend Affected before 13.3.0 Fixed in 13.3.0 Patch available CNA
  • renovate-ee-worker Vendormend Affected before 13.3.0 Fixed in 13.3.0 Patch available CNA

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA renovate (renovatebot) Fixed in 42.68.5
  • Fix · CNA renovate-ce (mend) Fixed in 13.3.0
  • Fix · CNA renovate-ee-server (mend) Fixed in 13.3.0
  • Fix · CNA renovate-ee-worker (mend) Fixed in 13.3.0

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-76228
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-mqp7-cg7m-4hhq

References

Advisory 1

  • TI-2026-53338 Renovate 39.53.0 before 40.33.0 Command Injection via gleam manager CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.4
  • TI-2026-53337 Renovate 31.51.0 before 40.33.0 Command Injection via helmv3 CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.4
  • TI-2026-53336 Renovate 32.135.0 before 40.33.0 Command Injection via hermit CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.4
  • TI-2026-53335 Renovate 35.63.0 before 40.33.0 Command Injection via npm CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.4
  • TI-2026-60271 Renovate before 44.11.2 Credential Exfiltration via Link Header CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.2
  • TI-2026-60266 Renovate before 44.11.2 Credential Exfiltration via Link Header CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.2
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Sources

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