CVE-2026-88885

HIGH 7.0

Renovate before 44.14.7 Command Injection via depName

CVSS Score

7.0

EPSS Score

0.9%

EPSS Percentile

58th

Renovate before 44.14.7 contains a command injection vulnerability in the gomod manager when processing unescaped depName parameters in import-path update commands with binarySource=docker mode. Attackers can inject shell metacharacters through malicious dependency names to execute arbitrary commands as the Renovate user during Go module major version updates with postUpdateOptions gomodUpdateImportPaths enabled.

CWE	CWE-78
Vendor	renovatebot
Product	renovate
Published	Sep 10, 2026
Last Updated	Sep 29, 2026

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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Affected Versions

renovatebot / renovate

0 < 44.14.7

mend / renovate-ce

0 < 15.4.0

mend / renovate-ee-server

0 < 15.4.0

mend / renovate-ee-worker

0 < 15.4.0

mend / mend-renovate-ce

0 < 15.4.0

mend / mend-renovate-enterprise-edition

0 < 10.4.0

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗

github.com: https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/security/advisories/GHSA-mpf8-qxrw-gq3w vulncheck.com: https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/renovate-before-44.14.7-command-injection-via-depname

Credits

🔍 iaohkut-from-NightWolf-Team