Command Injection Vulnerability in Renovate Product by Renovatebot
CVE-2026-88889

8.5HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Renovatebot

Status
Renovate
Vendor
CVE Published:
10 September 2026

What is CVE-2026-88889?

The Renovate product prior to version 44.14.7 features a command injection vulnerability within its Maven Wrapper manager. This flaw allows attackers to execute arbitrary shell commands by manipulating the distributionType parameter within the maven-wrapper.properties file. By submitting unescaped distributionType values during Maven Wrapper update processes, particularly in binarySource=docker mode, an attacker can achieve remote code execution, posing a significant risk to systems utilizing affected versions of Renovate.

Affected Version(s)

renovate 0 < 44.14.7

renovate 0 < 44.14.7

renovate 0 < 44.14.7

References

https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/security/advisori...
vendor-advisory
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/renovate-before-44.1...
third-party-advisory

CVSS V4

Score:
8.5
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Attack Required:
None
Privileges Required:
Undefined
User Interaction:
None

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

iaohkut-from-NightWolf-Team
iabdullah215
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