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New York, NY, 14th January 2026, CyberNewsWire

Attackers use legitimate open-source software as cover, relying on user trust to compromise systems. We dive into an example.

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### Summary A malicious website can abuse the server URL override feature of the OpenCode web UI to achieve cross-site scripting on `http://localhost:4096`. From there, it is possible to run arbitrary commands on the local system using the `/pty/` endpoints provided by the OpenCode API. ### Code execution via OpenCode API - The OpenCode API has `/pty/` endpoints that allow spawning arbitrary processes on the local machine. - When you run `opencode` in your terminal, OpenCode automatically starts an HTTP server on `localhost:4096` that exposes the API along with a web interface. - JavaScript can make arbitrary same-origin `fetch()` requests to the `/pty/` API endpoints. Therefore, JavaScript execution on `http://localhost:4096` gets you code execution on local the machine. ### JavaScript execution on localhost:4096 The markdown renderer used for LLM responses will insert arbitrary HTML into the DOM. There is no sanitization with DOMPurify or even a CSP on the web interface to pre...

### Summary The user-provided string `repository` in the `helmv3` manager is appended to the `helm registry login` command without proper sanitization. ### Details Adversaries can provide a maliciously crafted `Chart.yaml` in conjunctions with a tweaked Renovate configuration file to trick Renovate to execute arbitrary code. The value for both uses of the `repository` variable in [lib/modules/manager/helmv3/common.ts](https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/blob/b69416ce1745f67c9fc1d149738e2f52feb4f732/lib/modules/manager/helmv3/common.ts) are not being escaped using the `quote` function from the `shlex` package. This lack of proper sanitization has been present in the product since version 31.51.0 (https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/commit/f372a68144a4d78c9f7f418168e4efe03336a432), released on January 24 of 2022. ### PoC 1. Create a git repo with the following content: `renovate.json5`: ```json5 { $schema: "https://docs.renovatebot.com/renovate-schema.json", customDatasou...

### Summary The user-provided string `depName` in the `gleam` manager is appended to the `gleam deps update` command without proper sanitization. ### Details Adversaries can provide a maliciously crafted `gleam.toml` in conjunctions with a tweaked Renovate configuration file to trick Renovate to execute arbitrary code. All values added to the `packagesToUpdate` variable in [lib/modules/manager/gleam/artifacts.ts](https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/blob/e9cbd02865b1827f7e4269c05250a12ee2203a71/lib/modules/manager/gleam/artifacts.ts) are not being escaped using the `quote` function from the `shlex` package. This lack of proper sanitization has been present in the product since version 39.53.0 (https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/commit/d29698e0131231652970f02765312769975e4d38), released on December 6 of 2024. ### PoC 1. Create a git repo with the following content: `renovate.json5`: ```json5 { $schema: "https://docs.renovatebot.com/renovate-schema.json", customDatasource...

### Summary The user-provided string `depName` in the `hermit` manager is appended to the `./hermit install` and `./hermit uninstall` commands without proper sanitization. ### Details Adversaries can provide a maliciously named hermit dependency in conjunctions with a tweaked Renovate configuration file to trick Renovate to execute arbitrary code. All values added to the `packagesToInstall` and `packagesToUninstall` variables in [lib/modules/manager/hermit/artifacts.ts](https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/blob/41e8b99f86a6e2a56f80f7aa1a08a59d76f2358c/lib/modules/manager/hermit/artifacts.ts) are not being escaped using the `quote` function from the `shlex` package. This lack of proper sanitization for installing packages has been present in the product since the introduction of the hermit manager in version 32.135.0 (https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/commit/b696abb3c2741508fbb4029f39153140a3722e1e), released on July 30 of 2022. In version 37.199.1 (https://github.com/renovate...

### Summary The user-provided string `packageName` in the `npm` manager is appended to the `npm install` command during lock maintenance without proper sanitization. ### Details Adversaries can provide a maliciously crafted Renovate configuration file to trick Renovate to execute arbitrary code. The user-provided workspace names and package keys that are added to the `updateCmd` variables in [lib/modules/manager/npm/post-update/npm.ts](https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/blob/5bdaf47eebde770107017c47557bca41189db588/lib/modules/manager/npm/post-update/npm.ts) are not being escaped using the `quote` function from the `shlex` package. This lack of proper sanitization has been present in the product since version 35.63.0 (https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/commit/012c0ac2fe32832e60a62bde405c0a241efd314c), released on April 27 of 2023. ### PoC 1. Create a git repo with the following content: `renovate.json5`: ```json5 { $schema: "https://docs.renovatebot.com/renovate-schema...

### Summary The user-provided chart name in the `kustomize` manager is appended to the `helm pull --untar` command without proper sanitization. ### Details Adversaries can provide a maliciously crafted `kustomization.yaml` in conjunction with a Helm repo's `index.yaml` file to trick Renovate to execute arbitrary code. The value for the `depName` argument for the `helmRepositoryArgs` function in [lib/modules/manager/kustomize/artifacts.ts](https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/blob/cc08c6e98f19e6258c5d3180c70c98e1be0b0d37/lib/modules/manager/kustomize/artifacts.ts#L33) is not being escaped using the `quote` function from the `shlex` package. This lack of proper sanitization has been present in the product since version 39.218.9 (https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/commit/cc08c6e98f19e6258c5d3180c70c98e1be0b0d37), released on March 26 of 2025. ### PoC 1. Create a mock Helm repository. Have its `index.yaml` endpoint return: ```yaml apiVersion: v1 entries: "example || kill 1; ech...

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