Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File Affecting renovate package, versions <44.14.4
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- published16 Sept 2026
- disclosed10 Sept 2026
- creditjamietanna
Introduced: 10 Sep 2026
NewCVE-2026-88883 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade renovate to version 44.14.4 or higher.
Overview
renovate is a dependency updater.
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File incomplete sanitization of TLS private keys in log output. An attacker can obtain sensitive cryptographic material by accessing logs where the private key may be present in cleartext under configuration options or log messages other than httpsPrivateKey. This is only exploitable if Mutual TLS is configured through hostRules[].httpsPrivateKey without using the documented secrets configuration.
Workaround
This vulnerability can be mitigated by supplying the private key via the secrets configuration.