CVE-2026-106509
Backstage: Improper validation of MkDocs theme configuration in TechDocs
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 7.7 High
- Published
- Oct 6, 2026
- Updated
- Oct 7, 2026
- Reserved
- Oct 6, 2026
Description
Backstage is an open framework for building developer portals. Prior to 1.14.6, the @backstage/plugin-techdocs-node package is affected by improper validation of mkdocs theme configuration in techdocs. When TechDocs is configured to build documentation locally or in a container, a user with write access to a registered repository can include configuration values in mkdocs.yml that cause arbitrary code execution during the documentation build process. This issue is fixed in versions 1.14.6 and 1.15.4.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 7.7 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:L | GitHub_M |
Weaknesses
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
backstagebackstage |
|
plugin-techdocs-node@backstage |
|
References
- https://github.com/backstage/backstage/security/advisories/GHSA-8w7q-29mw-gf5c
- https://github.com/backstage/backstage/commit/02cd7cdbb18b687446277b5602adaee7f1d53cbb
- https://github.com/backstage/backstage/commit/a900a9953c8f7ad3ba1906d1d257725a9996cc9d
- https://github.com/backstage/backstage/releases/tag/v1.50.5
- https://github.com/backstage/backstage/releases/tag/v1.54.6
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