CyberRota Analysis
AI-GeneratedRenovate versions prior to 44.3.1, along with specific Mend Renovate CE/EE images and Helm charts, are vulnerable to a flaw where digest updates bypass the configured `minimumReleaseAge` checks. This could allow potentially malicious dependencies to be introduced into CI workflows before the intended stability period, posing a risk to the integrity of software builds. Organizations using GitHub and Docker that rely on Renovate for dependency management should prioritize upgrading to the fixed version or implementing workarounds to mitigate this risk.
Public Exploit Signal
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Original NVD 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`.