CVE-2026-88889

Renovate before 44.14.7 Command Injection via distributionType

Published Sep 10, 2026 CVSS 4.0 · 8.5 High EPSS 1.0% KEV · Not listed
Description
Renovate before 44.14.7 contains a command injection vulnerability in the Maven Wrapper manager that allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands by specifying a malicious distributionType parameter in maven-wrapper.properties. Attackers can inject shell commands through unescaped distributionType values to achieve remote code execution when Renovate processes Maven Wrapper updates in binarySource=docker mode.

Remediation

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Renovatebot
Renovatebot renovate
Vendors & Products Renovatebot
Renovatebot renovate
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

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

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Renovate before 44.14.7 contains a command injection vulnerability in the Maven Wrapper manager that allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands by specifying a malicious distributionType parameter in maven-wrapper.properties. Attackers can inject shell commands through unescaped distributionType values to achieve remote code execution when Renovate processes Maven Wrapper updates in binarySource=docker mode.
Title Renovate before 44.14.7 Command Injection via distributionType
Weaknesses CWE-78
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
VulnCheck
Published
Updated
Sep 29, 2026, 10:10 PM
Reserved
Sep 10, 2026, 11:25 AM
Status
Awaiting Analysis
Published
Sep 10, 2026, 2:17 PM
Modified
Sep 29, 2026, 11:17 PM
Severity
Important
Public date
Sep 10, 2026, 1:05 PM