CVE-2026-88888 Renovate before 44.14.7 Command Injection via Mix organization
Attackers can execute arbitrary commands via malicious package names in Renovate when using Docker binary source mode.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-88888?
CVE-2026-88888 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in mend-renovate-ce, published on 10 Sep 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Renovate before 44.14.7 contains a command injection vulnerability in the Mix manager when processing private dependencies with unescaped organization parameters. Attackers can inject shell metacharacters through malicious package names to execute arbitrary commands as the Renovate user in binarySource=docker mode.
Weakness: CWE-78
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-88888?
How do I fix CVE-2026-88888?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-88888 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.
Is CVE-2026-88888 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-88888 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-v85g-rq5w-c46q, GHSA-x7x2-5fmx-8wj5.