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.

Metrics

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required Low

Attack Requirements Present

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact High

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact High

Vulnerable System Availability Impact High

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

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References
Link Providers
https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/security/advisories/GHSA-mpf8-qxrw-gq3w cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/renovate-before-44.14.7-command-injection-via-depname cve-icon cve-icon
History

Thu, 10 Sep 2026 13:30:00 +0000

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Description 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.
Title Renovate before 44.14.7 Command Injection via depName
Weaknesses CWE-78
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 7.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published: 2026-09-10T13:05:35.356Z

Updated: 2026-09-10T13:05:35.356Z

Reserved: 2026-09-10T11:25:34.912Z

Link: CVE-2026-88885

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-09-10T14:17:17.350

Modified: 2026-09-10T14:50:07.813

Link: CVE-2026-88885

cve-icon Redhat

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