CVE-2026-76231
Medium
Description
Renovate versions from 32.135.0 before 40.33.0 contain a command injection vulnerability in the hermit manager where user-provided dependency names are appended to install and uninstall commands without proper sanitization. Attackers with repository write access can provide maliciously named hermit dependencies 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
- github.com/renovatebot/renovate/commit/b696abb3c2741508fbb4029f39153140a3722e1e
- github.com/renovatebot/renovate/commit/eaec10d7c8afadbdd783ac47bd2adbfab444d6df
- github.com/renovatebot/renovate/commit/41e8b99f86a6e2a56f80f7aa1a08a59d76f2358c
- github.com/renovatebot/renovate/commit/a70a6a376d31148e80be5a5c885ac33ff5ddb30c
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| renovatenpm | 32.135.0 ≤ v < 40.33.0 | 40.33.0 |
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