{"cve":"CVE-2026-76231","nvd":{"published":"2026-08-19T14:17:50.453","modified":"2026-09-08T20:28:37.587","status":"Awaiting Analysis","description":"Renovate versions from 32.135.0 before 40.33.0 contain a command injection vulnerability in the hermit manager where user-provided dependency names are appended to install and uninstall commands without proper sanitization. Attackers with repository write access can provide maliciously named hermit dependencies to execute arbitrary commands on the machine running Renovate.","cvss_v4":{"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","score":8.4},"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":6.7},"cwes":["CWE-77"],"references":["https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/commit/41e8b99f86a6e2a56f80f7aa1a08a59d76f2358c","https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/commit/a70a6a376d31148e80be5a5c885ac33ff5ddb30c","https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/commit/b696abb3c2741508fbb4029f39153140a3722e1e","https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/commit/eaec10d7c8afadbdd783ac47bd2adbfab444d6df","https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/security/advisories/GHSA-36j9-mx87-2cff"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:49:38.260478770+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-76231","score":0.01019,"percentile":0.6337,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-36j9-mx87-2cff","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-36j9-mx87-2cff","summary":"Renovate vulnerable to arbitrary command injection via hermit manager and maliciously named dependencies","modified":"2026-08-20T04:04:15.200951891Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"npm","name":"renovate","purl":"pkg:npm/renovate","ranges":[">=32.135.0 <40.33.0"],"fixed":["40.33.0"]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}