Arbitrary Command Injection Affecting renovate package, versions >=35.63.0 <40.33.0
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- published14 Jan 2026
- disclosed13 Jan 2026
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Introduced: 13 Jan 2026
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How to fix?
Upgrade renovate to version 40.33.0 or higher.
Overview
renovate is a dependency updater.
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Arbitrary Command Injection due to the improper sanitazation of user-supplied packageName in the generateLockFile() function of npm manager. An attacker can execute arbitrary commands on the host system by providing a malicious configuration file that injects commands into the update process.