CVE-2026-88886 Renovate - Command Injection

Renovate < 44.14.7 contains a command injection caused by unescaped distributionUrl in gradle-wrapper module, letting attackers execute arbitrary commands as Renovate user during Gradle Wrapper update, exploit requires self-hosted deployment with specific unsafe execution settings.

CVSS base score 7.8 /10
High
CISA KEV
Not listed
Public exploit
None known
EPSS
0.23% chance of exploitation in 30 days
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Details

Type
Command Injection
Impact
Remote Code Execution
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
10 September 2026
Updated
15 October 2026
Weakness
CWE-78

Vendor fix

Upgrade to version 44.14.7 or later; alternatively, remove 'gradleWrapper' from allowedUnsafeExecutions.

Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them.

References

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