High severity · published Sep 10, 2026
CVE-2026-88885
Renovate before 44.14.7 Command Injection via depName
7.0
CVSS
0.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Renovate before 44.14.7 contains a command injection vulnerability in the gomod manager when processing unescaped depName parameters in import-path update commands with binarySource=docker mode. Attackers can inject shell metacharacters through malicious dependency names to execute arbitrary commands as the Renovate user during Go module major version updates with postUpdateOptions gomodUpdateImportPaths enabled.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
High
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.9% · higher than 59% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
ME
mend-renovate-ce · mend
before 15.4.0 · source: vendor
ME
mend-renovate-enterprise-edition · mend
before 10.4.0 · source: vendor
RE
renovate · renovatebot
before 44.14.7 · source: vendor
RE
renovate-ce · mend
before 15.4.0 · source: vendor
RE
renovate-ee-server · mend
before 15.4.0 · source: vendor
RE
renovate-ee-worker · mend
before 15.4.0 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-88885
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-88885
vendor-advisory
https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/security/advisories/GHSA-mpf8-qxrw-gq3w
third-party-advisory
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/renovate-before-44.14.7-command-injection-via-depname
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