CVE-2026-76230CWE-77command-injection

CVE-2026-76230

Medium · published August 19, 2026

CVSS v3.1
6.7
EPSS
1%
Percentile
62.9
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Renovate versions from 35.63.0 before 40.33.0 contain a command injection vulnerability in the npm manager where user-provided packageName values are appended to npm install commands without proper sanitization. Attackers with repository write access can craft malicious Renovate configuration files to execute arbitrary commands on the machine running Renovate.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
6.7 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
8.4 · 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
EPSS
0.01014 · 62.9th percentile
Weakness
CWE-77 · Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')
Published
2026-08-19T18:17Z
References (5)
https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/commit/012c0ac2fe32832e60a62bde405c0a241efd314c · [email protected]https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/commit/a70a6a376d31148e80be5a5c885ac33ff5ddb30c · [email protected]https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/security/advisories/GHSA-fr4j-65pv-gjjj · [email protected]https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/renovate-before-command-injection-via-npm · [email protected]https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/security/advisories/GHSA-fr4j-65pv-gjjj · 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 19 AUG 14:02Z
    Renovate 35.63.0 before 40.33.0 Command Injection via npm
    cvelistv5