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%CVSS: 6.7Exploit: Elevated riskExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

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
6.7(medium)
EG Risk
46(Track*)
EG Risk 46/100SSVC: Track*

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%
Action: Watch closely — could escalate to Attend.
EPSS PROB
1%
EPSS %ILE
56%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 19, 2026

Last Modified

September 8, 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 rangeFixed inDependents
renovate—42.68.5—

Weakness Classification(1)

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

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 20× in last 7d / 85× 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.

  1. 2026-09-18 23:50 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-09-18 23:50 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-09-18 19:28 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-09-18 01:46 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-09-18 01:46 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  7. 2026-09-17 03:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-09-16 14:08 UTCEPSS rescore
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  10. 2026-09-16 05:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  13. 2026-09-15 07:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  15. 2026-09-14 09:25 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-09-14 09:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  18. 2026-09-13 11:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-09-12 15:02 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-09-12 13:15 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-09-11 15:10 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-09-11 15:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-09-11 14:53 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-09-10 17:03 UTCEG score recompute
  25. 2026-09-10 17:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  1. 2026-09-10 09:35 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-09-09 18:58 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-09-09 18:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-09-08 22:01 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-09-08 20:53 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-09-08 06:25 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-09-08 06:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-09-07 08:16 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-09-07 08:16 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-09-06 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-09-06 09:32 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-09-06 09:32 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-09-05 11:27 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-09-05 11:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  16. 2026-09-04 13:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-09-04 05:07 UTCEPSS rescore
  18. 2026-09-03 15:16 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-09-02 17:08 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-09-02 17:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-09-02 14:12 UTCEPSS rescore
  22. 2026-09-01 18:58 UTCEG score recompute
  23. 2026-09-01 18:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-09-01 13:54 UTCEPSS rescore
  25. 2026-09-01 04:40 UTCEPSS rescore
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  27. 2026-08-31 20:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
  28. 2026-08-30 22:17 UTCEG score recompute
  29. 2026-08-30 22:17 UTCGHSA enrichment
  30. 2026-08-30 19:18 UTCEPSS rescore
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  32. 2026-08-30 01:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  33. 2026-08-30 00:12 UTCGHSA enrichment
  34. 2026-08-29 02:07 UTCEG score recompute
  35. 2026-08-29 02:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
  36. 2026-08-28 21:42 UTCEPSS rescore
  37. 2026-08-27 22:41 UTCEG score recompute
  38. 2026-08-27 22:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
  39. 2026-08-27 14:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  40. 2026-08-27 00:37 UTCEG score recompute
  41. 2026-08-27 00:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
  42. 2026-08-26 14:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  43. 2026-08-26 02:31 UTCEG score recompute
  44. 2026-08-26 02:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
  45. 2026-08-25 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  46. 2026-08-25 04:26 UTCEG score recompute
  47. 2026-08-25 04:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
  48. 2026-08-24 14:18 UTCEPSS rescore
  49. 2026-08-24 06:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
  50. 2026-08-23 08:16 UTCEG score recompute
  51. 2026-08-23 08:16 UTCGHSA enrichment
  52. 2026-08-23 00:19 UTCEPSS rescore
  53. 2026-08-22 10:11 UTCEG score recompute
  54. 2026-08-22 10:11 UTCGHSA enrichment
  55. 2026-08-21 23:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  56. 2026-08-21 12:05 UTCEG score recompute
  57. 2026-08-21 12:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
  58. 2026-08-20 22:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  59. 2026-08-20 14:00 UTCEG score recompute
  60. 2026-08-20 14:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
  61. 2026-08-19 15:24 UTCEG score recompute
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  64. 2026-08-19 14:12 UTCEG score recompute
  65. 2026-08-19 14:12 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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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 in the National Vulnerability Database on August 19, 2026, with the most recent update on September 8, 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% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 43.6% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-76228?
CVE-2026-76228 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.7 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-76228?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-76228, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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