CVE-2026-76228Renovate before 42.68.5 Remote Code Execution via Gradle Wrapper
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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.
- CVSS
- 6.7 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-78
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- VulnCheck
- NVD analysis
- Awaiting Analysis
- Record last updated
- Oct 8, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
renovatebot renovate renovatebot:renovate (from the name) | from 32.124.0 before 42.68.5; 42.68.5 not affected | CNA record |
mend renovate-ce mend:renovate_ce (from the name) | before 13.3.0; 13.3.0 not affected | CNA record |
mend renovate-ee-server mend:renovate_ee_server (from the name) | before 13.3.0; 13.3.0 not affected | CNA record |
mend renovate-ee-worker mend:renovate_ee_worker (from the name) | before 13.3.0; 13.3.0 not affected | CNA record |
References
- https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/security/advisories/GHSA-pfq2-hh62-7m96vendor-advisory
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/renovate-before-remote-code-execution-via-gradle-wrapperthird-party-advisory
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