---
id: CVE-2026-110867
title: >-
  Renovate before 44.60.1 contains an allowlist bypass vulnerability that allows
  repositories to set restricted environment variables by placing env inside a
  shared preset
summary: >-
  Renovate before 44.60.1 contains an allowlist bypass vulnerability that allows
  repositories to set restricted environment variables by placing env inside a
  shared preset. Attackers controlling an externally sourced preset can override
  va…
severity: high
cvss: 8.5
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H'
cwe:
  - CWE-863
vendor: renovatebot
product: renovate
affected:
  - renovate < 44.60.1
  - renovate-ce < 15.5.0
  - renovate-ee-server < 15.5.0
  - renovate-ee-worker < 15.5.0
  - mend-renovate-ce_helm_chart < 15.5.0
  - mend-renovate-enterprise-edition_helm_chart < 10.5.0
published: '2026-10-14'
updated: '2026-10-16'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-16T18:14:51.460'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-110867'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/security/advisories/GHSA-6873-xr44-22vm
    label: disclosure@vulncheck.com
  - url: >-
      https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/renovate-before-44.60.1-allowedenv-allowlist-bypass-via-shared-preset
    label: disclosure@vulncheck.com
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/nodemailer/nodemailer/security/advisories/GHSA-4g23-2xm8-66gc
    label: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
tags:
  - nvd
  - cve.org
epss: 0.00277
epssPercentile: 0.20046
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: total
  timestamp: '2026-10-15T13:31:29.301800Z'
ingestedAt: '2026-10-15T00:02:07.188Z'
---

## Overview

Renovate before 44.60.1 contains an allowlist bypass vulnerability that allows repositories to set restricted environment variables by placing env inside a shared preset. Attackers controlling an externally sourced preset can override variables like PATH, LD_PRELOAD, NODE_OPTIONS, or GIT_SSL_CAINFO in child processes on self-hosted instances.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.