Renovate before 44.14.7 Command Injection via Mix organization
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Attack requirements
- Present
- 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 before 44.14.7 contains a command injection vulnerability in the Mix manager when processing private dependencies with unescaped organization parameters. Attackers can inject shell metacharacters through malicious package names to execute arbitrary commands as the Renovate user in binarySource=docker mode.
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-2026-60270 Renovate before 44.14.7 Command Injection via gradle-wrapperPriority LOW 38
- 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-2026-88888
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-x7x2-5fmx-8wj5
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-2026-88888 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-88888 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-x7x2-5fmx-8wj5 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-88888 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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