CVE-2026-88889Renovate before 44.14.7 Command Injection via distributionType
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Renovate before 44.14.7 contains a command injection vulnerability in the Maven Wrapper manager that allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands by specifying a malicious distributionType parameter in maven-wrapper.properties. Attackers can inject shell commands through unescaped distributionType values to achieve remote code execution when Renovate processes Maven Wrapper updates in binarySource=docker mode.
- CVSS
- 7.8 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/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
- Sep 29, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
renovatebot renovate renovatebot:renovate (from the name) | before 44.14.7; 44.14.7 not affected | CNA record |
mend renovate-ce mend:renovate_ce (from the name) | before 15.4.0; 15.4.0 not affected | CNA record |
mend renovate-ee-server mend:renovate_ee_server (from the name) | before 15.4.0; 15.4.0 not affected | CNA record |
mend renovate-ee-worker mend:renovate_ee_worker (from the name) | before 15.4.0; 15.4.0 not affected | CNA record |
mend mend-renovate-enterprise-edition mend:renovate_enterprise_edition (from the name) | before 10.4.0; 10.4.0 not affected | CNA record |
References
- https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/security/advisories/GHSA-f2v7-35mm-3hx7vendor-advisory
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/renovate-before-44.14.7-command-injection-via-distributiontypethird-party-advisory
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