RenovateBot Renovate up to 44.14.6 Maven Wrapper Manager distributionType command injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in RenovateBot Renovate up to 44.14.6. This affects an unknown part of the component Maven Wrapper Manager. Executing a manipulation of the argument distributionType can lead to command injection. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2026-88889. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in RenovateBot Renovate up to 44.14.6 and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown function of the component Maven Wrapper Manager. The manipulation of the argument distributionType with an unknown input leads to a command injection vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2026-88889 since 09/10/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1202.

Upgrading to version 44.14.7 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Class: Command injection
CWE: CWE-77 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Physical: Partially
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Renovate 44.14.7

Timelineinfo

09/10/2026 Advisory disclosed
09/10/2026 +0 days CVE reserved
09/10/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
09/10/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Product: github.com

Advisory: github.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-88889 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-88889
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-402052

Entryinfo

Created: 09/10/2026 15:47
Changes: 09/10/2026 15:47 (77)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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