CVE-2026-76231

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.

Published 19 Aug 2026, 14:17 UTC Last modified 19 Aug 2026, 14:17 UTC

8.4

CVSS 4.0 HIGH base score

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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Attack profile

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Attack vector Local

Attack complexity Low

Privileges required High

User interaction None

Scope Not assessed

Confidentiality Not assessed

Integrity Not assessed

Availability Not assessed

Affected products

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Weakness classification

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CWECWE-77

Source references

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NVD National Vulnerability Database recordnvd.nist.gov 01 Technical reference disclosure@vulncheck.com 02 Technical reference disclosure@vulncheck.com 03 Technical reference disclosure@vulncheck.com 04 Technical reference disclosure@vulncheck.com 05 Technical reference disclosure@vulncheck.com 06 Technical reference disclosure@vulncheck.com