CVE-2026-88889
High
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.
SeverityHigh
CVSS7.8
Exploit probability—
ProductRenovate
PublishedSep 10, 2026
First seenSep 10, 2026
Weakness typeCWE-78OS command injection
How to fix
Update
- renovatebot renovate44.14.7 or later
- mend renovate-ce15.4.0 or later
- mend renovate-ee-server15.4.0 or later
- mend renovate-ee-worker15.4.0 or later
- mend mend-renovate-ce15.4.0 or later
- mend mend-renovate-enterprise-edition10.4.0 or later
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| renovatebot renovate | v < 44.14.7 | 44.14.7 |
| mend renovate-ce | v < 15.4.0 | 15.4.0 |
| mend renovate-ee-server | v < 15.4.0 | 15.4.0 |
| mend renovate-ee-worker | v < 15.4.0 | 15.4.0 |
| mend mend-renovate-ce | v < 15.4.0 | 15.4.0 |
| mend mend-renovate-enterprise-edition | v < 10.4.0 | 10.4.0 |
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