CVE-2026-88887

Renovate before 44.11.2 Credential Exfiltration via Link Header

HIGH
8.6
CVSS Score
Published: September 10, 2026 at 01:05 PM UTC
Updated: September 29, 2026 at 11:17 PM UTC
3 products affected across 2 vendorsRenovateRenovate EeRenovate Ce

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Severity
HIGH8.6
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 15.4.0
Vendor states this is fixed in 15.4.0 (unaffected)
v < 10.4.0v < 15.4.0
Vendor states this is fixed in 10.4.0 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 15.4.0 (unaffected)
v < 44.11.2
Vendor states this is fixed in 44.11.2 (unaffected)

Remediation

No guide yet

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SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitAutomatablePartial impact

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CVSS

8.6HIGHVulnCheck
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusAWAITING ANALYSIS
CWE
CWE-601

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