High severity · published Sep 10, 2026
CVE-2026-88881
Renovate before 44.11.3 Credential Exfiltration via Link Header
8.6
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 35% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
ME
mend-renovate-ce · mend
before 15.4.0 · source: vendor
ME
mend-renovate-enterprise-edition · mend
before 10.4.0 · source: vendor
RE
renovate · renovatebot
before 44.11.3 · source: vendor
RE
renovate-ce · mend
before 15.4.0 · source: vendor
RE
renovate-ee-server · mend
before 15.4.0 · source: vendor
RE
renovate-ee-worker · mend
before 15.4.0 · source: vendor
Affected product
ME
mend-renovate-ce
mend
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