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Renovate before 44.11.2 Credential Exfiltration via Link Header

CVE-2026-88887

Renovate is a dependency update automation tool. When listing tags/digests for a container image, Renovate follows pagination links supplied by the remote registry in the HTTP Link header and attaches the registry credentials to the follow-up request without verifying that the pagination URL has the same origin as the original registry. A malicious or compromised container registry can therefore specify a Link header pointing to an attacker-controlled host and receive the credentials Renovate uses for that registry. Exploitation requires that the target has container (Docker) dependencies and is already interacting with the malicious or compromised registry. This is fixed in Renovate 44.11.2 (npm and renovate/renovate images), Mend Renovate CE/EE 15.4.0 and the mend-renovate-enterprise-edition Helm chart 10.4.0; the same-origin check can be disabled with RENOVATE_X_DOCKER_PAGINATION_ALLOW_CROSS_ORIGIN.

No Active Exploit Signals
CVSS Base Score
9.2
CRITICAL
EPSS Probability:0.41%
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Attack Surface
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Authentication
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Weaponization
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SSVC Action
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Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-601 ↗URL Redirection to Untrusted Site ('Open Redirect')

Affected Products & Versions

Vendor Product Affected Versions
renovatebot renovate 0 < 44.11.2 (affected), 44.11.2 (unaffected)
mend renovate-ce 0 < 15.4.0 (affected), 15.4.0 (unaffected)
mend renovate-ee-server 0 < 15.4.0 (affected), 15.4.0 (unaffected)
mend renovate-ee-worker 0 < 15.4.0 (affected), 15.4.0 (unaffected)
mend mend-renovate-ce 0 < 15.4.0 (affected), 15.4.0 (unaffected)
mend mend-renovate-enterprise-edition 0 < 10.4.0 (affected), 10.4.0 (unaffected)

References & Technical Advisories

No reference links found.

Threat Intelligence Signals

EPSS Score
0.409%

Identity & Timeline

StatusPUBLISHED
Assigning AuthorityVulnCheck · Bug Bounty Provider · USA
Reserved2026-09-10T11:25:34
Published2026-09-10T13:05:36
Patch Date2026-08-27
Last Updated2026-09-29T22:10:42

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