---
id: CVE-2026-110866
title: >-
  Renovate before 44.61.3 contains a protection mechanism bypass vulnerability
  that allows minimumReleaseAge checks to be skipped when a user requests a PR
  rebase via the rebase/retry checkbox
summary: >-
  Renovate before 44.61.3 contains a protection mechanism bypass vulnerability
  that allows minimumReleaseAge checks to be skipped when a user requests a PR
  rebase via the rebase/retry checkbox. Attackers who publish a malicious
  dependency …
severity: medium
cvss: 4.7
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N'
cwe:
  - CWE-693
published: '2026-10-14'
updated: '2026-10-14'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-14T23:17:28.253'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-110866'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/security/advisories/GHSA-2frq-pm48-6j4h
    label: disclosure@vulncheck.com
  - url: >-
      https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/renovate-before-44.61.3-minimumreleaseage-bypass-via-pr-rebase-request
    label: disclosure@vulncheck.com
  - url: >-
      https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-110866.json
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-110866'
  - url: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-110866'
  - url: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-110866'
tags:
  - nvd
  - cve.org
  - csaf
  - vex
  - red-hat
ingestedAt: '2026-10-15T00:02:07.188Z'
vendor: renovatebot
product: renovate
affected:
  - renovate < 44.61.3
  - renovate-ce < 15.5.0
  - renovate-ee-server < 15.5.0
  - renovate-ee-worker < 15.5.0
  - mend-renovate-ce_helm_chart < 15.5.0
  - mend-renovate-enterprise-edition_helm_chart < 10.5.0
epss: 0.00209
epssPercentile: 0.11037
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: partial
  timestamp: '2026-10-20T02:27:02.180175Z'
---

## Overview

Renovate before 44.61.3 contains a protection mechanism bypass vulnerability that allows minimumReleaseAge checks to be skipped when a user requests a PR rebase via the rebase/retry checkbox. Attackers who publish a malicious dependency version can have it pushed into the PR and run in CI before the required release age elapses.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.

## Vendor advisories

- **Red Hat VEX** · updated 2026-10-16 · [vex](https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-110866.json)