CVE-2026-106495

Backstage: Improper access control in backend action invocation

State
Published
Severity
4.3 Medium
Published
Oct 12, 2026
Updated
Oct 13, 2026
Reserved
Oct 6, 2026

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Description

Backstage is an open framework for building developer portals. Prior to 0.17.8, the @backstage/backend-defaults package is affected by improper access control in backend action invocation. An authenticated user could invoke actions that an operator had excluded through action configuration. Existing action permissions and downstream authorization remain enforced. This issue is fixed in version 0.17.8.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.14.3 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:NGitHub_M

Weaknesses

Affected Products

ProductVersions
backstagebackstage
  • < 1.54.6Affected
backend-defaults@backstage
  • < 0.17.8Affected

References

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