CVE-2026-76228

MEDIUMPre-NVD 6.76.7—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 6.7 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-08-19. A secondary CVSS source baseline 6.7; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this weekElevated
6.7EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 1.0%CVSS: 6.7Exploit: Elevated riskExposed services: Not assessed

A fix is available — apply it.

Renovate versions >=32.124.0 and before 42.68.5 (and Mend renovate-ce/renovate-ee before 13.3.0) contain a command injection vulnerability in Gradle Wrapper artifact handling. When Renovate processes Gradle Wrapper updates, it invokes a wrapper update command via a shell (e.g. /bin/sh -c ... ./gradlew :wrapper --gradle-distribution-url ). If an attacker supplies a malicious gradle-wrapper.properties whose distributionUrl contains shell command substitution syntax such as $(...), the shell evaluates it before Gradle parses the URL, resulting in arbitrary command execution in the Renovate runtime. Exploitation requires the attacker to introduce the malicious file into a repository that Renovate scans; the issue occurs even when allowScripts is disabled.

CVSS v3
6.7
EG Score
6.7MEDIUMmedium confidence
EG Risk
46
EG Risk 46/100CISA SSVC

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity67% × 45%
Exploitation40% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
CISA SSVC: Track at low, Track* at medium and Attend at high mission impact.
Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high.
EPSS PROB
1.0%
EPSS %ILE
60th
KEV
Not listed

CISA SSVCTrack at low, Track* at medium and Attend at high mission impact.

A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high.

Exploitation public PoC (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it: high means the affected system is essential to your organisation's mission, or its compromise could cause irreversible harm to people. CISA's decision table

Published

August 19, 2026

Last Modified

September 29, 2026

Advisory Details (2)

Auto-updated Aug 19, 2026
🔬 Proof of concept available. Patch available. Sources: github.
generic

Renovate before 42.68.5 Remote Code Execution via Gradle Wrapper | Advisories | VulnCheck

https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/renovate-before-remote-code-execution-via-gradle-wrapper
github Patch Available🟡 PoC Available

Arbitrary command injection via Gradle Wrapper and malicious `distributionUrl` · Advisory · renovatebot/renovate · GitHub

https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/security/advisories/GHSA-pfq2-hh62-7m96

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-76228(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Affected Packages

(1 across 1 ecosystem)
npm(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
renovate—
  • 32.124.0 up to 42.68.5: fixed in 42.68.5
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Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 18× in last 7d / 78× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 100 of 131 total refreshes for this CVE.

  1. 2026-10-04 23:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-10-04 21:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-10-03 19:42 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-10-03 19:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-10-03 14:26 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-10-02 21:38 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-10-02 21:38 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  9. 2026-10-01 22:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-10-01 19:50 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-09-30 21:42 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-09-30 21:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  14. 2026-09-29 23:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-09-29 15:24 UTCEPSS rescore
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  17. 2026-09-29 03:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-09-28 13:52 UTCEPSS rescore
  19. 2026-09-28 05:08 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-09-28 05:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-09-27 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
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  23. 2026-09-27 07:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-09-26 15:59 UTCEPSS rescore
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  1. 2026-09-24 19:48 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-09-24 19:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-09-24 14:04 UTCEPSS rescore
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  5. 2026-09-23 20:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-09-23 17:54 UTCEPSS rescore
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  8. 2026-09-22 19:57 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-09-22 16:01 UTCEPSS rescore
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  11. 2026-09-21 18:06 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-09-21 18:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-09-20 20:16 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-09-20 20:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-09-19 21:56 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-09-19 21:56 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  19. 2026-09-18 19:28 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-09-18 01:46 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-09-18 01:46 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  24. 2026-09-16 14:08 UTCEPSS rescore
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  26. 2026-09-16 05:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
  27. 2026-09-16 05:15 UTCEPSS rescore
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  29. 2026-09-15 07:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
  30. 2026-09-15 03:12 UTCEPSS rescore
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  32. 2026-09-14 09:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  34. 2026-09-13 11:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  35. 2026-09-12 15:02 UTCEPSS rescore
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  38. 2026-09-11 15:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
  39. 2026-09-11 14:53 UTCEPSS rescore
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  41. 2026-09-10 17:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
  42. 2026-09-10 09:35 UTCEPSS rescore
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  44. 2026-09-09 18:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
  45. 2026-09-08 22:01 UTCEPSS rescore
  46. 2026-09-08 20:53 UTCGHSA enrichment
  47. 2026-09-08 06:25 UTCEG score recompute
  48. 2026-09-08 06:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  51. 2026-09-06 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
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  53. 2026-09-06 09:32 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  57. 2026-09-04 13:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
  58. 2026-09-04 05:07 UTCEPSS rescore
  59. 2026-09-03 15:16 UTCGHSA enrichment
  60. 2026-09-02 17:08 UTCEG score recompute
  61. 2026-09-02 17:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
  62. 2026-09-02 14:12 UTCEPSS rescore
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  65. 2026-09-01 13:54 UTCEPSS rescore
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  68. 2026-08-31 20:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
  69. 2026-08-30 22:17 UTCEG score recompute
  70. 2026-08-30 22:17 UTCGHSA enrichment
  71. 2026-08-30 19:18 UTCEPSS rescore
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  74. 2026-08-30 00:12 UTCGHSA enrichment
  75. 2026-08-29 02:07 UTCEG score recompute

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-76228?
CVE-2026-76228 is a medium vulnerability published on August 19, 2026. Renovate versions >=32.124.0 and before 42.68.5 (and Mend renovate-ce/renovate-ee before 13.3.0) contain a command injection vulnerability in Gradle Wrapper artifact handling. When Renovate processes Gradle Wrapper updates, it invokes a wrapper update command via a shell (e.g. /bin/sh -c ...…
When was CVE-2026-76228 disclosed?
CVE-2026-76228 was first published on August 19, 2026, with the most recent update on September 29, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-76228 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-76228 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (60th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-76228?
CVE-2026-76228 has a CVSS base score of 6.7 (a secondary CVSS source that NVD displays; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-76228?
A fix for CVE-2026-76228 is available: update to the fixed version the vendor names in its advisory. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2026-76228 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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