CVE-2026-88883
Renovate before 44.14.4 TLS Private Key Log Sanitisation
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 8.3 High
- Published
- Sep 10, 2026
- Updated
- Sep 29, 2026
- Reserved
- Sep 10, 2026
Description
Renovate is an automated dependency update tool. In versions before 44.14.4 (and Mend Renovate CE/EE images before 15.4.0 and the mend-renovate-enterprise-edition Helm chart before 10.4.0), log sanitisation for TLS private keys used for Mutual TLS was incomplete. While the value of hostRules[].httpsPrivateKey was redacted in the field itself, the same private key value was not redacted if it also appeared elsewhere — for example in another configuration option or in a log message under a key other than httpsPrivateKey — causing the full private key to be written to Renovate's logs in cleartext. This affects deployments that configure Mutual TLS through hostRules[].httpsPrivateKey without passing the value through the documented `secrets` configuration. Anyone able to read the resulting logs can recover the private key. The issue is fixed in Renovate 44.14.4, which redacts any value supplied as hostRules[].httpsPrivateKey wherever it appears in the logs; as a workaround, supply the key via the `secrets` configuration.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | 8.3 High | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N | VulnCheck |
| 3.1 | 7.7 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N | VulnCheck |
Weaknesses
- CWE-532 Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
renovaterenovatebot |
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renovate-cemend |
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renovate-ee-servermend |
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renovate-ee-workermend |
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mend-renovate-cemend |
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mend-renovate-enterprise-editionmend |
|
References
- GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-4hmw-qw74-vrhm)vendor-advisory
- VulnCheck Advisory: Renovate before 44.14.4 TLS Private Key Log Sanitisationthird-party-advisory
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