Renovate before 42.68.5 Remote Code Execution via Gradle Wrapper
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 ). 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.
CVE-2026-76228
Primary source · Revision 1
Imported from structured advisory data. Source references identify upstream records or fields; verify affected versions and your deployed configuration.
Security context
Source reference: cve:CVE-2026-76228
renovate
Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/0/product
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- Prerequisites
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renovate-ce
Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/1/product
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renovate-ee-server
Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/2/product
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renovate-ee-worker
Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/3/product
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Structured affected-version data
Original package identities and version rules from this source.
[
{
"vendor": "renovatebot",
"product": "renovate",
"versions": [
{
"status": "affected",
"version": "32.124.0",
"lessThan": "42.68.5",
"versionType": "semver"
},
{
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "42.68.5",
"versionType": "semver"
}
],
"packageURL": "pkg:npm/renovate",
"defaultStatus": "unaffected"
},
{
"vendor": "mend",
"product": "renovate-ce",
"versions": [
{
"status": "affected",
"version": "0",
"lessThan": "13.3.0",
"versionType": "semver"
},
{
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "13.3.0",
"versionType": "semver"
}
],
"packageURL": "pkg:npm/renovate",
"defaultStatus": "unaffected"
},
{
"vendor": "mend",
"product": "renovate-ee-server",
"versions": [
{
"status": "affected",
"version": "0",
"lessThan": "13.3.0",
"versionType": "semver"
},
{
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "13.3.0",
"versionType": "semver"
}
],
"packageURL": "pkg:npm/renovate",
"defaultStatus": "unaffected"
},
{
"vendor": "mend",
"product": "renovate-ee-worker",
"versions": [
{
"status": "affected",
"version": "0",
"lessThan": "13.3.0",
"versionType": "semver"
},
{
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "13.3.0",
"versionType": "semver"
}
],
"packageURL": "pkg:npm/renovate",
"defaultStatus": "unaffected"
}
]- Related CVEs
- CVE-2026-76228
Source reference:
/cveMetadata/cveId
Publisher severity
high
Source reference: /containers/cna/metrics
- Event
- #12881 · Revision 1
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- Publisher date