CVE-2026-106557

Backstage: Improper input validation in TechDocs Markdown extension configuration

State
Published
Severity
7.7 High
Published
Oct 7, 2026
Updated
Oct 7, 2026
Reserved
Oct 6, 2026

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Description

Backstage is an open framework for building developer portals. Prior to 1.14.6 and 1.15.4, the @backstage/plugin-techdocs-node package did not sufficiently validate TechDocs Markdown extension configuration. An authenticated user who can register or modify documentation sources may cause a TechDocs build to access resources outside the intended documentation boundary, potentially exposing backend-host data or internal network resources. This issue is fixed in versions 1.14.6 and 1.15.4 when pymdown-extensions 10.21.3 or later is also used, normally through mkdocs-techdocs-core 1.7.0 or later.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.17.7 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:NGitHub_M

Weaknesses

  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
  • CWE-918 Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)

Affected Products

ProductVersions
backstagebackstage
  • < 1.50.5Affected
  • >= 1.51.0-next.0, < 1.54.6Affected
plugin-techdocs-node@backstage
  • < 1.14.6Affected
  • >= 1.15.0, < 1.15.4Affected

References

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