---
id: CVE-2026-88889
title: >-
  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
summary: >-
  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.
  Attacke…
severity: high
cvss: 7.8
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'
cwe:
  - CWE-78
vendor: renovatebot
product: renovate
affected:
  - renovate < 44.14.7
  - renovate < 44.14.7
  - renovate < 44.14.7
  - renovate < 44.14.7
  - renovate < 15.4.0
  - renovate < 15.4.0
  - renovate < 15.4.0
  - renovate < 15.4.0
  - renovate < 15.4.0
  - renovate < 15.4.0
  - renovate < 15.4.0
  - renovate < 15.4.0
  - renovate < 15.4.0
  - renovate < 15.4.0
  - renovate < 15.4.0
  - renovate < 10.4.0
  - renovate < 10.4.0
published: '2026-09-10'
updated: '2026-09-10'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-10T16:18:11.693'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-88889'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/security/advisories/GHSA-f2v7-35mm-3hx7
    label: disclosure@vulncheck.com
  - url: >-
      https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/renovate-before-44.14.7-command-injection-via-distributiontype
    label: disclosure@vulncheck.com
  - url: >-
      https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-88889.json
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-88889'
  - url: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-88889'
  - url: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-88889'
tags:
  - nvd
  - cve.org
  - csaf
  - vex
  - red-hat
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: total
  timestamp: '2026-09-10T15:05:17.410712Z'
ingestedAt: '2026-09-10T13:50:37.334Z'
scores:
  nvd: 7.8
  vendor: 8.8
  cna: 7.8
epss: 0.01049
epssPercentile: 0.62701
---

## Overview

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.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.

## Vendor advisories

- **Red Hat VEX** · updated 2026-09-18 · [vex](https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-88889.json)