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CVE-2026-88881: renovatebot renovate · Open Redirect

Affects renovatebot renovateSource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 9.2 Critical : upgrade to 44.11.3 as a priority.

Data as of 27 Oct 2026, 05:11 UTC

CVSS 4.0 base score
9.2Critical
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 34% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Patch
Available – fixed in 44.11.3, 15.4.0, 10.4.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 10 Sep 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.

What to do

Upgrade renovate to 44.11.3; renovate-ce and renovate-ee-server and renovate-ee-worker and mend-renovate-ce to 15.4.0; mend-renovate-enterprise-edition to 10.4.0.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
renovatebotrenovateAffected
  • <44.11.3
Fixed in
  • 44.11.3
mendrenovate-ceAffected
  • <15.4.0
Fixed in
  • 15.4.0
mendrenovate-ee-serverAffected
  • <15.4.0
Fixed in
  • 15.4.0
mendrenovate-ee-workerAffected
  • <15.4.0
Fixed in
  • 15.4.0
mendmend-renovate-ceAffected
  • <15.4.0
Fixed in
  • 15.4.0
mendmend-renovate-enterprise-editionAffected
  • <10.4.0
Fixed in
  • 10.4.0

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AI-suggested

Upgrade Renovate to version 44.11.3 or later, Mend Renovate CE/EE images and helm chart to 15.4.0 or later, and Mend Renovate Enterprise Edition helm chart to 10.4.0 or later. There is no other workaround. The RENOVATE_X_REBASE_PAGINATION_LINKS option disables the new host check but should only be used if interacting with trusted servers that intentionally use different pagination hosts.

Description

Renovate, a dependency update tool, follows pagination links supplied by the GitHub server in the HTTP `Link` header when interacting with GitHub.com, GitHub Enterprise Cloud, or GitHub Enterprise Server, and sends the credentials configured for that host to the URL given as the 'next' page. Because the pagination URL is not validated against the host originally contacted, a malicious or compromised GitHub server can return a `Link` header pointing to an attacker-controlled host and cause Renovate to disclose those credentials to it. Exploitation requires that the GitHub server Renovate talks to (as the repository host or as a datasource such as github-releases, github-tags, or git-refs) is already malicious or compromised. The issue is fixed in renovate 44.11.3 (npm and renovate/renovate container images), Mend Renovate CE/EE images and the mend-renovate-ce helm chart 15.4.0, and the mend-renovate-enterprise-edition helm chart 10.4.0. There is no workaround; the pre-existing RENOVATE_X_REBASE_PAGINATION_LINKS option disables the new host check and should only be used with servers that intentionally use different pagination hosts.

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