CVE-2026-88885

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 4.0

7.3CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CVSS 3.1

7.0CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS

0.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 59% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)

CWE

CWE-78

Published

2026-09-10

Modified

2026-09-29

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

References

• https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/security/advisories/GHSA-mpf8-qxrw-gq3w
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/renovate-before-44.14.7-command-injection-via-depname

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