CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-88884

MediumCVSS 5.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

Renovate 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) do not apply the internal minimumReleaseAge (stability age) checks to digest updates. When a repository configures minimumReleaseAge and has dependencies with updateType=digest (e.g., GitHub Actions pinned to a commit SHA, Docker images, Go modules, NuGet packages), Renovate still opens a pull request for a newly published digest, marked only with a pending renovate/stability-days status check.

Risk Assessment

A newly published, potentially malicious dependency version can cause a PR to be raised and CI workflows to run before the configured minimum release age has elapsed, which is precisely what the Minimum Release Age control is intended to prevent. This may result in execution of untrusted code in the CI environment.

Recommendation

Upgrade Renovate to version 44.3.1 (or the corresponding images/Helm charts). As a workaround, disable digest updates or gate them behind dependencyDashboardApproval.

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Original NVD description (English source)

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`.

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