Vulnerability Intelligence Report
Renovate before 44.14.7 Command Injection via distributionType
CVE-2026-88889
Renovate before 44.14.7 contains a command injection vulnerability in the Maven Wrapper manager that allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands by specifying a malicious distributionType parameter in maven-wrapper.properties. Attackers can inject shell commands through unescaped distributionType values to achieve remote code execution when Renovate processes Maven Wrapper updates in binarySource=docker mode.
Injection
No Active Exploit Signals
CVSS Base Score
8.5
HIGH
EPSS Probability:1.05%
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Attack Surface
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Authentication
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Weaponization
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SSVC Action
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Weaknesses (CWE)
CWE-78 ↗Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')
Affected Products & Versions
| Vendor | Product | Affected Versions |
|---|---|---|
| renovatebot | renovate | 0 < 44.14.7 (affected), 44.14.7 (unaffected) |
| mend | renovate-ce | 0 < 15.4.0 (affected), 15.4.0 (unaffected) |
| mend | renovate-ee-server | 0 < 15.4.0 (affected), 15.4.0 (unaffected) |
| mend | renovate-ee-worker | 0 < 15.4.0 (affected), 15.4.0 (unaffected) |
| mend | mend-renovate-ce | 0 < 15.4.0 (affected), 15.4.0 (unaffected) |
| mend | mend-renovate-enterprise-edition | 0 < 10.4.0 (affected), 10.4.0 (unaffected) |
References & Technical Advisories
No reference links found.
Threat Intelligence Signals
Identity & Timeline
| Status | PUBLISHED |
| Assigning Authority | VulnCheck · Bug Bounty Provider · USA |
| Reserved | 2026-09-10T11:25:34 |
| Published | 2026-09-10T13:05:38 |
| Patch Date | 2026-08-27 |
| Last Updated | 2026-09-29T22:10:43 |
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