Medium 6.7Published Aug 19, 2026

CVE-2026-76229Renovate 39.218.0 before 40.33.0 Arbitrary Command Injection via kustomize

Updated under an hour ago (2026-10-19 10:10 UTC)

Does this affect you?

It affects renovatebot renovate. Add what you run to find out whether that includes you.

No exploitation reported and no EPSS estimate yet.

Do this next

Start free and add your stack

Free account, 1 product

Every CVE for renovatebot renovate

Exploited in the last 30 days

Renovate versions from 39.218.0 before 40.33.0 contain an arbitrary command injection vulnerability in the kustomize manager where user-provided chart names are appended to helm pull commands without proper sanitization. Attackers with repository write access can craft malicious kustomization.yaml files with specially crafted chart names to execute arbitrary commands on the Renovate host machine.

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-77
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: Aug 20, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

renovatebot renovate renovatebot:renovate (from the name)	from 39.218.0 before 40.33.0; 40.33.0 not affected	CNA record

References

https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/security/advisories/GHSA-xv56-3wq5-9997vendor-advisory
https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/commit/cc08c6e98f19e6258c5d3180c70c98e1be0b0d37patch
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/renovate-before-arbitrary-command-injection-via-kustomizethird-party-advisory

The CVE record on cve.org NVD's entry

The CVE record is authoritative. Products marked “from the name” were identified from the CNA's free-text names, not a CPE, and are matched less certainly. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.