Low [CVE-2026-87060] Renovate automerge enabled with base-image update exclusions
This low-severity Red Hat Linux advisory covers CVE-2026-87060.
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Summary
A flaw was found in olm-operator-konflux-sample. The system's automated merging of updates, known as Renovate automerge, is configured too broadly, allowing a wide range of updates without sufficient scrutiny.
Additionally, the critical base image for the catalog, ose-operator-registry, is entirely excluded from this update tracking. This combination creates an inconsistent and potentially insecure update process, increasing the risk of unpatched vulnerabilities being introduced into the system.
The broad enablement of automerge, coupled with the exclusion of the `ose-operator-registry` base image from tracking, creates an inconsistent update posture that could lead to outdated dependencies rather than direct exploitation. Red Hat severity: Low — CVSS 2.6 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N).
Weakness: CWE-1357.
Affected versions
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Fixed versions
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Mitigation checklist
- To mitigate this issue, configure Renovate to scope automerge to low-risk update types only, such as `packageRules` with `matchUpdateTypes: ["digest"]`. Alternatively, set `automerge: false` and implement required-review branch protection. Additionally, remove the exclusion for `ose-operator-registry` to ensure the catalog base image is tracked for updates. These changes should be applied to the Renovate configuration within the `olm-operator-konflux-sample` component. A restart or reload of the Renovate process may be required for the changes to take effect.
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