Description
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 <value>). 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.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| renovatebot | renovate | 32.124.0 – < 42.68.5 | 42.68.5 |
| mend | renovate-ce | < 13.3.0 | 13.3.0 |
| mend | renovate-ee-server | < 13.3.0 | 13.3.0 |
| mend | renovate-ee-worker | < 13.3.0 | 13.3.0 |
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| npm | renovate | >= 32.124.0, < 42.68.5 | 42.68.5 | GHSA-pfq2-hh62-7m96 |
References
- GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-pfq2-hh62-7m96) vendor-advisory
- VulnCheck Advisory: Renovate before 42.68.5 Remote Code Execution via Gradle Wrapper third-party-advisory