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National Vulnerability Database

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CVE-2026-76231 Detail

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.


Metrics

 
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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score
NIST: NVD
N/A
NVD assessment not yet provided.

Nist CVSS score does not match with CNA score
CNA:  VulnCheck
CVSS-B 8.4 HIGH
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

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/commit/41e8b99f86a6e2a56f80f7aa1a08a59d76f2358c VulnCheck
https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/commit/a70a6a376d31148e80be5a5c885ac33ff5ddb30c VulnCheck
https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/commit/b696abb3c2741508fbb4029f39153140a3722e1e VulnCheck
https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/commit/eaec10d7c8afadbdd783ac47bd2adbfab444d6df VulnCheck
https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/security/advisories/GHSA-36j9-mx87-2cff VulnCheck
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/renovate-before-command-injection-via-hermit VulnCheck

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-77 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection') VulnCheck  

Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2026-76231
NVD Published Date:
08/19/2026
NVD Last Modified:
08/19/2026
Source:
VulnCheck