CVE-2026-76228
Command injection in Renovate Gradle Wrapper processing allows arbitrary command execution.
Is CVE-2026-76228 being exploited?
Not confirmed. CVE-2026-76228 does not appear in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, which records only exploitation that has been observed and reported publicly. That is evidence of absence of a report, not evidence the flaw is unattacked. EPSS currently estimates a 0.84% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How severe is CVE-2026-76228?
CVE-2026-76228 is rated High. Severity describes how bad exploitation would be, not how likely it is: pair it with exploitation evidence before deciding what to patch first.
Is there a patch for CVE-2026-76228?
Yes. A fix has been recorded for CVE-2026-76228. The vendor advisory is the authority on the exact fixed version — apply it from there rather than from a summary.
What does CVE-2026-76228 affect?
CVE-2026-76228 affects Renovate >=32.124.0 and <42.68.5, Mend renovate-ce/renovate-ee <13.3.0, Any host running Renovate bot. Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
What should I do about CVE-2026-76228?
Upgrade Renovate to 42.68.5+ or Mend renovate-ce/ee to 13.3.0+
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
Arbitrary command execution in the Renovate runtime when processing a crafted gradle-wrapper.properties; attacker must supply the malicious file in a repo Renovate scans.
Patch when possible
- affected>= 32.124.0 and < 42.68.5
- affected< 13.3.0
As published in the CVE Program record. A version outside these ranges is not a statement that it is unaffected — vendors sometimes understate a range, and distribution-backported builds carry upstream numbers that do not reflect what was patched into them.