feat: automatically include cveId trailling

components/git/release.js

@@ -50,8 +50,14 @@ const releaseOptions = {
     type: 'boolean'
   },
   security: {
-    describe: 'Demarcate the new security release as a security release',
-    type: 'boolean'
+    describe: 'Demarcate the new security release as a security release. ' +
+              'Optionally provide path to security-release repository for CVE auto-population',
+    type: 'string',
+    coerce: (arg) => {
+      // If --security=path is used, return the path
+      if (arg === '' || arg === true) return true;
+      return arg;
+    }
   },
   skipBranchDiff: {
     describe: 'Skips the initial branch-diff check when preparing releases',

lib/cherry_pick.js

@@ -14,20 +14,30 @@ export default class CherryPick {
     upstream,
     gpgSign,
     lint,
-    includeCVE
+    includeCVE,
+    cveIds,
+    vulnCveMap
   } = {}) {
     this.prid = prid;
     this.cli = cli;
     this.dir = dir;
     this.upstream = upstream;
     this.gpgSign = gpgSign;
-    this.options = { owner, repo, lint, includeCVE };
+    this.options = { owner, repo, lint, includeCVE, cveIds, vulnCveMap };
   }
 
   get includeCVE() {
     return this.options.includeCVE ?? false;
   }
 
+  get cveIds() {
+    return this.options.cveIds ?? null;
+  }
+
+  get vulnCveMap() {
+    return this.options.vulnCveMap ?? null;
+  }
+
   get owner() {
     return this.options.owner || 'nodejs';
   }

lib/landing_session.js

@@ -345,12 +345,39 @@ export default class LandingSession extends Session {
     }
 
     if (!containCVETrailer && this.includeCVE) {
-      const cveID = await cli.prompt(
-        'Git found no CVE-ID trailer in the original commit message. ' +
-        'Please, provide the CVE-ID',
-        { questionType: 'input', defaultAnswer: 'CVE-2023-XXXXX' }
-      );
-      amended.push('CVE-ID: ' + cveID);
+      let cveID;
+      if (this.cveIds && this.cveIds.length > 0) {
+        cveID = this.cveIds.join(', ');
+        cli.ok(`Using CVE-ID from vulnerabilities.json: ${cveID}`);
+      } else {
+        // Fallback: check if the original commit has a PR-URL trailer
+        // and use it to look up CVE-IDs from the vulnerabilities map
+        if (this.vulnCveMap) {
+          const prUrlMatch = original.match(PR_RE);
+          if (prUrlMatch) {
+            const prUrl = prUrlMatch[1];
+            const cveIds = this.vulnCveMap.get(prUrl);
+            if (cveIds && cveIds.length > 0) {
+              cveID = cveIds.join(', ');
+              cli.ok(`Using CVE-ID from backport PR-URL (${prUrl}): ${cveID}`);
+            }
+          }
+        }
+
+        // Fall back to prompt if still not found
+        if (!cveID) {
+          cveID = await cli.prompt(
+            'Git found no CVE-ID trailer in the original commit message. ' +
+            'Please, provide the CVE-ID or leave it empty',
+            { questionType: 'input', defaultAnswer: 'CVE-2026-XXXXX' }
+          );
+        }
+      }
+      // Some commits might not address a vulnerability, but it is necessary
+      // for the security release to happen.
+      if (cveID !== '') {
+        amended.push('CVE-ID: ' + cveID);
+      }
     }
 
     const message = amended.join('\n');

lib/prepare_release.js

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import path from 'node:path';
-import { promises as fs } from 'node:fs';
+import { promises as fs, existsSync, readFileSync } from 'node:fs';
 
 import semver from 'semver';
 import { replaceInFile } from 'replace-in-file';
@@ -21,7 +21,11 @@ const isWindows = process.platform === 'win32';
 export default class ReleasePreparation extends Session {
   constructor(argv, cli, dir) {
     super(cli, dir);
-    this.isSecurityRelease = argv.security;
+    // argv.security can be either:
+    //   - true (boolean) if --security was used without parameter
+    //   - string if --security=path was used
+    this.isSecurityRelease = !!argv.security;
+    this.securityReleaseRepo = typeof argv.security === 'string' ? argv.security : null;
     this.isLTS = false;
     this.isLTSTransition = argv.startLTS;
     this.runBranchDiff = !argv.skipBranchDiff;
@@ -63,17 +67,62 @@ export default class ReleasePreparation extends Session {
       return false;
     }
 
+    const vulnCveMap = new Map();
+    if (this.isSecurityRelease && this.securityReleaseRepo) {
+      const vulnPath = path.join(
+        this.securityReleaseRepo,
+        'security-release',
+        'next-security-release',
+        'vulnerabilities.json'
+      );
+
+      if (!existsSync(vulnPath)) {
+        cli.error(`vulnerabilities.json not found at ${vulnPath}. ` +
+          'Skipping CVE auto-population.');
+        cli.warn('PRs will require manual CVE-ID entry.');
+      } else {
+        try {
+          cli.startSpinner(`Reading vulnerabilities.json from ${vulnPath}..`);
+          const vulnData = JSON.parse(readFileSync(vulnPath, 'utf-8'));
+          cli.stopSpinner(`Done reading vulnerabilities.json from ${vulnPath}`);
+
+          if (vulnData.reports && Array.isArray(vulnData.reports)) {
+            vulnData.reports.forEach(report => {
+              if (report.prURL && report.cveIds && report.cveIds.length > 0) {
+                vulnCveMap.set(report.prURL, report.cveIds);
+              }
+            });
+          }
+          cli.ok(`Loaded ${vulnCveMap.size} CVE mappings from vulnerabilities.json`);
+        } catch (err) {
+          cli.error(`Failed to read vulnerabilities.json: ${err.message}`);
+          cli.warn('Continuing without CVE auto-population.');
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
     for (const pr of prs) {
       if (pr.mergeable !== 'MERGEABLE') {
         this.warnForNonMergeablePR(pr);
       }
+
+      // Look up CVE-IDs from vulnerabilities.json
+      const prUrl = `https://github.com/${this.owner}/${this.repo}/pull/${pr.number}`;
+      const cveIds = vulnCveMap.get(prUrl);
+
+      if (!cveIds || cveIds.length === 0) {
+        cli.warn(`No CVE-IDs found in vulnerabilities.json for ${prUrl}`);
+      }
+
       const cp = new CherryPick(pr.number, this.dir, cli, {
         owner: this.owner,
         repo: this.repo,
         gpgSign: this.gpgSign,
         upstream: this.isSecurityRelease ? `https://${this.username}:${this.config.token}@github.com/${this.owner}/${this.repo}.git` : this.upstream,
         lint: false,
-        includeCVE: true
+        includeCVE: true,
+        cveIds: cveIds || null,
+        vulnCveMap
       });
       const success = await cp.start();
       if (!success) {