CVE-2026-76229

Renovate 39.218.0 before 40.33.0 Arbitrary Command Injection via kustomize

Published Aug 19, 2026 CVSS 4.0 · 8.4 High EPSS 1.0% KEV · Not listed
Description
Renovate versions from 39.218.0 before 40.33.0 contain an arbitrary command injection vulnerability in the kustomize manager where user-provided chart names are appended to helm pull commands without proper sanitization. Attackers with repository write access can craft malicious kustomization.yaml files with specially crafted chart names to execute arbitrary commands on the Renovate host machine.

Remediation

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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Description Renovate versions from 39.218.0 before 40.33.0 contain an arbitrary command injection vulnerability in the kustomize manager where user-provided chart names are appended to helm pull commands without proper sanitization. Attackers with repository write access can craft malicious kustomization.yaml files with specially crafted chart names to execute arbitrary commands on the Renovate host machine.
Title Renovate 39.218.0 before 40.33.0 Arbitrary Command Injection via kustomize
Weaknesses CWE-77
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.4, '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'}

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
VulnCheck
Published
Updated
Aug 20, 2026, 3:22 PM
Reserved
Aug 19, 2026, 11:36 AM
Status
Awaiting Analysis
Published
Aug 19, 2026, 2:17 PM
Modified
Sep 8, 2026, 8:28 PM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Aug 19, 2026, 2:02 PM