Renovatebot Renovate up to 40.32.x npm manager packageName command injection

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Renovatebot Renovate up to 40.32.x. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component npm manager. The manipulation of the argument packageName leads to command injection. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-76230. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available.

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A vulnerability was found in Renovatebot Renovate up to 40.32.x. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component npm manager. The manipulation of the argument packageName with an unknown input leads to a command injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-77. The product constructs all or part of a command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended command when it is sent to a downstream component. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Renovate versions from 35.63.0 before 40.33.0 contain a command injection vulnerability in the npm manager where user-provided packageName values are appended to npm install commands without proper sanitization. Attackers with repository write access can craft malicious Renovate configuration files to execute arbitrary commands on the machine running Renovate.

It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-76230 since 08/19/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1202 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 40.33.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Vendor

• Renovatebot

Name

• Renovate

Version

• 40.0
• 40.1
• 40.2
• 40.3
• 40.4
• 40.5
• 40.6
• 40.7
• 40.8
• 40.9
• 40.10
• 40.11
• 40.12
• 40.13
• 40.14
• 40.15
• 40.16
• 40.17
• 40.18
• 40.19
• 40.20
• 40.21
• 40.22
• 40.23
• 40.24
• 40.25
• 40.26
• 40.27
• 40.28
• 40.29
• 40.30
• 40.31
• 40.32

Website

• Product: https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/

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