CVE-2026-76231Renovate 32.135.0 before 40.33.0 Command Injection via hermit
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Renovate versions from 32.135.0 before 40.33.0 contain a command injection vulnerability in the hermit manager where user-provided dependency names are appended to install and uninstall commands without proper sanitization. Attackers with repository write access can provide maliciously named hermit dependencies to execute arbitrary commands on the machine running Renovate.
- 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
renovatebot renovate renovatebot:renovate (from the name) | from 32.135.0 before 40.33.0; 40.33.0 not affected | CNA record |
References
- https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/security/advisories/GHSA-36j9-mx87-2cffvendor-advisory
- https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/commit/b696abb3c2741508fbb4029f39153140a3722e1epatch
- https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/commit/eaec10d7c8afadbdd783ac47bd2adbfab444d6dfpatch
- https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/commit/41e8b99f86a6e2a56f80f7aa1a08a59d76f2358cpatch
- https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/commit/a70a6a376d31148e80be5a5c885ac33ff5ddb30cpatch
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/renovate-before-command-injection-via-hermitthird-party-advisory
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