Renovate before 44.3.1 Authentication Bypass via Digest Updates (CVE-2026-88884) | HOL Guard CVE

Unknown severity · Source severity not reportedCVE-2026-88884

Renovate before 44.3.1 Authentication Bypass via Digest Updates

Answer in brief

CVE-2026-88884 records a Unknown severity vulnerability in Renovate before 44.3.1 Authentication Bypass via Digest Updates. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps renovatebot/renovate (generic), renovatebot/renovate (generic), renovatebot/renovate (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.

Analysis pending evidence review

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Published Sep 10, 2026Updated Sep 10, 2026Source checked Sep 10, 2026First seen by HOL Sep 10, 2026Material review Sep 10, 2026

Upstream Advisory

Key facts

Risk: Unknown severitySource severity not reported
Exploitation: Not marked as known exploited
Affected software: 3 mapped packages or products
Fix availability: Available

Why this deserves its current priority

A CVSS score is not reported in the current record. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.

Analysis status

Analysis pending evidence review

Factual feed record only; HOL analysis is not approved for indexing. Read the methodology.

Affected scope and exposure questions

The current feed maps renovatebot/renovate (generic), renovatebot/renovate (generic), renovatebot/renovate (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.

Mapped affected packages and fixed versions
Package	Affected range	Fixed version
renovatebot/renovategeneric	>=0 <44.3.1	44.3.1
renovatebot/renovategeneric	>=0 <15.4.0	15.4.0
renovatebot/renovategeneric	>=0 <10.4.0	10.4.0

Recommended response

Check inventory. Check lockfiles and deployed manifests for renovatebot/renovate, renovatebot/renovate, renovatebot/renovate.
Review the reported fix. Update renovatebot/renovate to 44.3.1; renovatebot/renovate to 15.4.0; renovatebot/renovate to 10.4.0 if you use the affected versions. Test the change in a non-production environment first.

Evidence timeline and material changes

Published upstream
Sep 10, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:record
Source modified
Sep 10, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:record
First seen by HOL
Sep 10, 2026

Sources and claim methodology

Upstream source description

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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