CVE-2026-76228 PUBLISHED

Renovate before 42.68.5 Remote Code Execution via Gradle Wrapper

Assigner: VulnCheck
Reserved: 19.08.2026 Published: 19.08.2026 Updated: 19.08.2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score: 8.4

Product Status

Vendor renovatebot
Product renovate
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 32.124.0 to 42.68.5 (excl.)
  • Version 42.68.5 is unaffected
Vendor renovatebot
Product renovate
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 32.124.0 to 42.68.5 (excl.)
  • Version 42.68.5 is unaffected
Vendor renovatebot
Product renovate
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 32.124.0 to 42.68.5 (excl.)
  • Version 42.68.5 is unaffected
Vendor renovatebot
Product renovate
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 32.124.0 to 42.68.5 (excl.)
  • Version 42.68.5 is unaffected
Vendor renovatebot
Product renovate
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 13.3.0 (excl.)
  • Version 13.3.0 is unaffected
Vendor renovatebot
Product renovate
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 13.3.0 (excl.)
  • Version 13.3.0 is unaffected
Vendor renovatebot
Product renovate
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 13.3.0 (excl.)
  • Version 13.3.0 is unaffected
Vendor renovatebot
Product renovate
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 13.3.0 (excl.)
  • Version 13.3.0 is unaffected
Vendor renovatebot
Product renovate
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 13.3.0 (excl.)
  • Version 13.3.0 is unaffected
Vendor renovatebot
Product renovate
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 13.3.0 (excl.)
  • Version 13.3.0 is unaffected
Vendor renovatebot
Product renovate
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 13.3.0 (excl.)
  • Version 13.3.0 is unaffected
Vendor renovatebot
Product renovate
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 13.3.0 (excl.)
  • Version 13.3.0 is unaffected
Vendor renovatebot
Product renovate
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 13.3.0 (excl.)
  • Version 13.3.0 is unaffected

Credits

  • y4rvin reporter

References

Problem Types

  • Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection') CWE