CVE-2026-76230

Medium

Description

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.

SeverityMedium

CVSS6.7

Exploit probability—

ProductRenovate

PublishedAug 19, 2026

First seenAug 19, 2026

Weakness typeCWE-77Command injection

How to fix

Update

renovate40.33.0 or later

Patches

Vendor advisories

github.com/renovatebot/renovate/security/advisories/GHSA-fr4j-65pv-gjjj

Affected products

Product	Affected versions	Fixed in
renovatenpm	35.63.0 ≤ v < 40.33.0	40.33.0

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