Advisory severityMedium6.7Red Hat Linux

Medium [CVE-2026-76231] Arbitrary command execution via unsanitized dependency names

This medium-severity Red Hat Linux advisory covers CVE-2026-76231.

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CVE-2026-76231 Source published Aug 19, 2026Source updated Aug 19, 2026

VulniPulse record published Aug 20, 2026Record updated Aug 21, 2026

CVE-2026-76231

Affected products & platforms

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Summary

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. A flaw was found in Renovate.

This flaw has a MODERATE impact on Renovate. The version of Renovate shipped by Red Hat is beyond the upstream fix (40.33.0); the vulnerable hermit-manager code is not present in the shipped version, so Red Hat's product is not affected.

Red Hat severity: Moderate — CVSS 6.7 (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H). Weakness: CWE-78.

Affected versions

< 32.135.0
< 40.33.0

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Fixed versions

No fixed release is recorded yet. That does not prove no patch exists — confirm against the vendor advisory.

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Mitigation checklist

Recommended fix / mitigation

Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base, or stability.

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