Medium severity · published Aug 19, 2026
CVE-2026-76228
Renovate before 42.68.5 Remote Code Execution via Gradle Wrapper
6.7
CVSS
1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Renovate versions >=32.124.0 and before 42.68.5 (and Mend renovate-ce/renovate-ee before 13.3.0) contain a command injection vulnerability in Gradle Wrapper artifact handling. When Renovate processes Gradle Wrapper updates, it invokes a wrapper update command via a shell (e.g. /bin/sh -c ... ./gradlew :wrapper --gradle-distribution-url <value>). If an attacker supplies a malicious gradle-wrapper.properties whose distributionUrl contains shell command substitution syntax such as $(...), the shell evaluates it before Gradle parses the URL, resulting in arbitrary command execution in the Renovate runtime. Exploitation requires the attacker to introduce the malicious file into a repository that Renovate scans; the issue occurs even when allowScripts is disabled.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.0% · higher than 61% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
RE
renovate · renovatebot
32.124.0 before 42.68.5 · source: vendor
RE
renovate-ce · mend
before 13.3.0 · source: vendor
RE
renovate-ee-server · mend
before 13.3.0 · source: vendor
RE
renovate-ee-worker · mend
before 13.3.0 · source: vendor
Affected product
RE
renovate-ce
mend
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