Vulnerability · Published Sep 10, 2026 · Assigned by VulnCheck
CVE-2026-88888Renovate before 44.14.7 Command Injection via Mix organization
High 7.0
In plain English
A high-severity OS command injection in mend-renovate-ce from mend. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.9% (higher than 59% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.0High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.9%top 40.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
Renovate before 44.14.7 contains a command injection vulnerability in the Mix manager when processing private dependencies with unescaped organization parameters. Attackers can inject shell metacharacters through malicious package names to execute arbitrary commands as the Renovate user in binarySource=docker mode.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| renovatebot | renovate | 0 – before 44.14.7 |
| mend | renovate-ce | 0 – before 15.4.0 |
| mend | renovate-ee-server | 0 – before 15.4.0 |
| mend | renovate-ee-worker | 0 – before 15.4.0 |
| mend | mend-renovate-ce | 0 – before 15.4.0 |
| mend | mend-renovate-enterprise-edition | 0 – before 10.4.0 |
Weakness: CWE-78 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
References
- GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-v85g-rq5w-c46q) vendor-advisory
- VulnCheck Advisory: Renovate before 44.14.7 Command Injection via Mix organization third-party-advisory