Renovate before 44.14.7 Command Injection via gradle-wrapper (CVE-2026-88886) | HOL Guard CVE

Unknown severity · Source severity not reportedCVE-2026-88886

Renovate before 44.14.7 Command Injection via gradle-wrapper

Answer in brief

CVE-2026-88886 records a Unknown severity vulnerability in Renovate before 44.14.7 Command Injection via gradle-wrapper. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps renovatebot/renovate (generic), renovatebot/renovate (generic), renovatebot/renovate (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.

Analysis pending evidence review

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Published Sep 10, 2026Updated Sep 10, 2026Source checked Sep 10, 2026First seen by HOL Sep 10, 2026Material review Sep 10, 2026

Upstream Advisory

Key facts

Risk: Unknown severitySource severity not reported
Exploitation: Not marked as known exploited
Affected software: 3 mapped packages or products
Fix availability: Available

Why this deserves its current priority

A CVSS score is not reported in the current record. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.

Analysis status

Analysis pending evidence review

Factual feed record only; HOL analysis is not approved for indexing. Read the methodology.

Affected scope and exposure questions

The current feed maps renovatebot/renovate (generic), renovatebot/renovate (generic), renovatebot/renovate (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.

Mapped affected packages and fixed versions
Package	Affected range	Fixed version
renovatebot/renovategeneric	>=0 <44.14.7	44.14.7
renovatebot/renovategeneric	>=0 <15.4.0	15.4.0
renovatebot/renovategeneric	>=0 <10.4.0	10.4.0

Recommended response

Check inventory. Check lockfiles and deployed manifests for renovatebot/renovate, renovatebot/renovate, renovatebot/renovate.
Review the reported fix. Update renovatebot/renovate to 44.14.7; renovatebot/renovate to 15.4.0; renovatebot/renovate to 10.4.0 if you use the affected versions. Test the change in a non-production environment first.

Evidence timeline and material changes

Published upstream
Sep 10, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:record
Source modified
Sep 10, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:record
First seen by HOL
Sep 10, 2026

Sources and claim methodology

Upstream source description

Renovate is a dependency update automation tool. In versions before 44.14.7 (and in Mend Renovate CE/EE distributions before 15.4.0, and the mend-renovate-enterprise-edition Helm chart before 10.4.0), the manager/gradle-wrapper module does not escape the distributionUrl value read from a repository's gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties file before invoking the Gradle Wrapper CLI. In self-hosted deployments configured with binarySource=docker and allowedUnsafeExecutions=['gradleWrapper', ...], a repository that supplies a crafted distributionUrl (for example, appending a shell metacharacter and command) can cause arbitrary commands to be executed as the Renovate user when Renovate processes a Gradle Wrapper update. The issue is fixed in Renovate 44.14.7; as a workaround, remove 'gradleWrapper' from allowedUnsafeExecutions.

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