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CVE-2026-76228

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.7 EPSS 0.84% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS · Published 2026-08-19 · Last synced 2026-09-18

CyberRota Analysis

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Versions of Renovate from 32.124.0 to 42.68.5, along with Mend renovate-ce/renovate-ee before 13.3.0, are vulnerable to a command injection flaw during Gradle Wrapper artifact handling. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability by introducing a malicious gradle-wrapper.properties file into a repository, allowing arbitrary command execution within the Renovate runtime, regardless of the allowScripts setting. Organizations using these versions of Renovate should prioritize patching to mitigate the risk of potential exploitation.

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CVE
CVE-2026-76228
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
6.7
EPSS
0.84%

Original NVD Description

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.