RCE in Mend Mend-Renovate-Ce
CVE-2026-88889
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.
Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.010 (64.0th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 64th percentile — 64.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.010 · newest: 0.010 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- github.com/renovatebot/renovate/security/advisories/GHSA-f2v7-35mm-3hx7 (vendor-advisory)
- www.vulncheck.com/advisories/renovate-before-44.14.7-command-injection-via-dist… (third-party-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2026-88889?
- CVE-2026-88889 is a high-severity vulnerability in Mend Mend-Renovate-Ce, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2026-09-10.
- How severe is CVE-2026-88889?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.