Renovate before 44.14.7 Command Injection via gradle-wrapper
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- 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 is a dependency update automation tool. In versions before 44.14.7 (and in Mend Renovate CE/EE distributions before 15.4.0, and the mend-renovate-enterprise-edition Helm chart before 10.4.0), the manager/gradle-wrapper module does not escape the distributionUrl value read from a repository's gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties file before invoking the Gradle Wrapper CLI. In self-hosted deployments configured with binarySource=docker and allowedUnsafeExecutions=['gradleWrapper', ...], a repository that supplies a crafted distributionUrl (for example, appending a shell metacharacter and command) can cause arbitrary commands to be executed as the Renovate user when Renovate processes a Gradle Wrapper update. The issue is fixed in Renovate 44.14.7; as a workaround, remove 'gradleWrapper' from allowedUnsafeExecutions.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- 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
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| renovatebot | renovate | before 44.14.7 | 44.14.7 | Patch available | CNA |
| mend | renovate-ce | before 15.4.0 | 15.4.0 | Patch available | CNA |
| mend | renovate-ee-server | before 15.4.0 | 15.4.0 | Patch available | CNA |
| mend | renovate-ee-worker | before 15.4.0 | 15.4.0 | Patch available | CNA |
| mend | mend-renovate-ce | before 15.4.0 | 15.4.0 | Patch available | CNA |
| mend | mend-renovate-enterprise-edition | before 10.4.0 | 10.4.0 | Patch available | CNA |
- renovate Vendorrenovatebot Affected before 44.14.7 Fixed in 44.14.7 Patch available CNA
- renovate-ce Vendormend Affected before 15.4.0 Fixed in 15.4.0 Patch available CNA
- renovate-ee-server Vendormend Affected before 15.4.0 Fixed in 15.4.0 Patch available CNA
- renovate-ee-worker Vendormend Affected before 15.4.0 Fixed in 15.4.0 Patch available CNA
- mend-renovate-ce Vendormend Affected before 15.4.0 Fixed in 15.4.0 Patch available CNA
- mend-renovate-enterprise-edition Vendormend Affected before 10.4.0 Fixed in 10.4.0 Patch available CNA
Remediation
- Fix · CNA renovate (renovatebot) Fixed in 44.14.7
- Fix · CNA renovate-ce (mend) Fixed in 15.4.0
- Fix · CNA renovate-ee-server (mend) Fixed in 15.4.0
- Fix · CNA renovate-ee-worker (mend) Fixed in 15.4.0
- Fix · CNA mend-renovate-ce (mend) Fixed in 15.4.0
- Fix · CNA mend-renovate-enterprise-edition (mend) Fixed in 10.4.0
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
mend-renovate-ce, mend-renovate-enterprise-edition and 3 more products 10.4.0, 15.4.0
10 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 5 MEDIUM, 5 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-60271 Renovate before 44.11.2 Credential Exfiltration via Link HeaderPriority MEDIUM 46
- TI-2026-60266 Renovate before 44.11.2 Credential Exfiltration via Link HeaderPriority MEDIUM 46
- TI-2026-60265 Renovate before 44.11.3 Credential Exfiltration via Link HeaderPriority MEDIUM 46
- Release ·
renovatebot renovate 44.14.7
4 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 1 MEDIUM, 3 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-60273 Renovate before 44.14.7 Command Injection via distributionTypePriority MEDIUM 41
- TI-2026-60272 Renovate before 44.14.7 Command Injection via Mix organizationPriority LOW 36
- TI-2026-60269 Renovate before 44.14.7 Command Injection via depNamePriority LOW 36
Vendor assessments
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-88886
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-5m6m-mfxc-qh95
References
More renovatebot vulnerabilities
- 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-2026-53333 Renovate before 42.68.5 Remote Code Execution via Gradle Wrapper CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.4
- TI-2026-60271 Renovate before 44.11.2 Credential Exfiltration via Link Header CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.2
Sources
- CVE-2026-88886 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-88886 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-5m6m-mfxc-qh95 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-88886 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. Sources and licences