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TI-2026-60268 Aliases CVE-2026-88884GHSA-x9q2-x5p7-v69h

Renovate before 44.3.1 Authentication Bypass via Digest Updates

Priority LOW 36CWE-863Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Attack requirements
None
Impact type
Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · Low · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-863.

Summary

Renovate is a dependency update automation tool. In versions before 44.3.1 (and Mend Renovate CE/EE images before 15.4.0, mend-renovate-ce Helm chart before 15.4.0, mend-renovate-enterprise-edition Helm chart before 10.4.0), digest updates are not subject to the internal `minimumReleaseAge` (stability age) checks. When a repository configures `minimumReleaseAge` and has dependencies with `updateType=digest` — for example GitHub Actions pinned to a commit SHA with a floating tag, Docker images, Go modules or NuGet packages — Renovate will still open a pull request for a newly published digest, marked only with a pending `renovate/stability-days` status check. A newly published, potentially malicious dependency version can therefore cause a PR to be raised and CI workflows to potentially run before the configured minimum release age has elapsed, which is precisely what the Minimum Release Age control is intended to prevent. The issue is fixed in Renovate 44.3.1; as a workaround, digest updates can be disabled or gated behind `dependencyDashboardApproval`.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00305 23rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed renovate (renovatebot): 44.3.1renovate-ce (mend): 15.4.0+4 more products

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
Yes
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
renovatebotrenovatebefore 44.3.144.3.1Patch availableCNA
mendrenovate-cebefore 15.4.015.4.0Patch availableCNA
mendrenovate-ee-serverbefore 15.4.015.4.0Patch availableCNA
mendrenovate-ee-workerbefore 15.4.015.4.0Patch availableCNA
mendmend-renovate-cebefore 15.4.015.4.0Patch availableCNA
mendmend-renovate-enterprise-editionbefore 10.4.010.4.0Patch availableCNA
  • renovate Vendorrenovatebot Affected before 44.3.1 Fixed in 44.3.1 Patch available CNA
  • renovate-ce Vendormend Affected before 15.4.0 Fixed in 15.4.0 Patch available CNA
  • renovate-ee-server Vendormend Affected before 15.4.0 Fixed in 15.4.0 Patch available CNA
  • renovate-ee-worker Vendormend Affected before 15.4.0 Fixed in 15.4.0 Patch available CNA
  • mend-renovate-ce Vendormend Affected before 15.4.0 Fixed in 15.4.0 Patch available CNA
  • mend-renovate-enterprise-edition Vendormend Affected before 10.4.0 Fixed in 10.4.0 Patch available CNA

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA renovate (renovatebot) Fixed in 44.3.1
  • Fix · CNA renovate-ce (mend) Fixed in 15.4.0
  • Fix · CNA renovate-ee-server (mend) Fixed in 15.4.0
  • Fix · CNA renovate-ee-worker (mend) Fixed in 15.4.0
  • Fix · CNA mend-renovate-ce (mend) Fixed in 15.4.0
  • Fix · CNA mend-renovate-enterprise-edition (mend) Fixed in 10.4.0

Fixed in the same release

Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.

  • Release ·

    mend-renovate-ce, mend-renovate-enterprise-edition and 3 more products 10.4.0, 15.4.0

    10 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 5 MEDIUM, 5 LOW

    Other records, highest priority first

    • TI-2026-60271 Renovate before 44.11.2 Credential Exfiltration via Link HeaderPriority MEDIUM 46
    • TI-2026-60266 Renovate before 44.11.2 Credential Exfiltration via Link HeaderPriority MEDIUM 46
    • TI-2026-60265 Renovate before 44.11.3 Credential Exfiltration via Link HeaderPriority MEDIUM 46
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Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-88884
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-x9q2-x5p7-v69h

References

Advisory 1

  • TI-2026-53338 Renovate 39.53.0 before 40.33.0 Command Injection via gleam manager CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.4
  • TI-2026-53337 Renovate 31.51.0 before 40.33.0 Command Injection via helmv3 CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.4
  • TI-2026-53336 Renovate 32.135.0 before 40.33.0 Command Injection via hermit CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.4
  • TI-2026-53335 Renovate 35.63.0 before 40.33.0 Command Injection via npm CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.4
  • TI-2026-53333 Renovate before 42.68.5 Remote Code Execution via Gradle Wrapper CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.4
  • TI-2026-60271 Renovate before 44.11.2 Credential Exfiltration via Link Header CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.2
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