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CVE-2026-106558

high

Backstage is an open framework for building developer portals.

Vendor / product: Linuxfoundation — backstage plugin-techdocs-node

Backstage is an open framework for building developer portals. Prior to 1.14.8, 1.15.6, and 2.0.1, the @backstage/plugin-techdocs-node package improperly validated mapping-style markdown_extensions configuration. An authenticated attacker who can register or influence an SCM-backed documentation source may bypass TechDocs sanitization and cause Python objects to be imported and instantiated in the generator runtime, leading to arbitrary code execution. Earlier fixes in versions 1.14.6 and 1.15.4 did not fully address the supported mapping representation of markdown_extensions. Impact is greatest when documentation generation runs with backend credentials, filesystem access, or internal network access. This issue is fixed in versions 1.14.8, 1.15.6, and 2.0.1.

CVSS
8.8
8.8 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (security-advisories@github.com)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2026-10-07 15:17
Modified: 2026-10-13 14:25
NVD status: Analyzed
Last synced 2 days ago
Verified against the source API 2026-10-27 06:58 UTC
Exploitation
Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)
Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).

Affected products

linuxfoundation / backstage_plugin-techdocs-node <1.14.8, ≥1.15.0 <1.15.6, ≥2.0.0 <2.0.1
linuxfoundation / backstage <1.50.7, ≥1.51.1 <1.54.8, ≥1.55.1 <1.55.2, 1.51.0, 1.55.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.

Mitigation & advisories

Vendor advisory: https://github.com/backstage/backstage/security/advisories/GHSA-qmw3-745m-w99g
Patch / mitigation: https://github.com/backstage/backstage/commit/32723a0fe4e12ed80535fc65d5331765c55aa91b
Patch / mitigation: https://github.com/backstage/backstage/commit/944edb51c8524d3664b18f2d57ba101b1c93b709
Patch / mitigation: https://github.com/backstage/backstage/commit/f18e9abcc6051491862b15e4fc60e69f8d52310c
Patch / mitigation: https://github.com/backstage/backstage/releases/tag/v1.50.7
Patch / mitigation: https://github.com/backstage/backstage/releases/tag/v1.54.9
Patch / mitigation: https://github.com/backstage/backstage/releases/tag/v1.55.2
Patch / mitigation: https://github.com/backstage/backstage/security/advisories/GHSA-qmw3-745m-w99g

References

Data sources

NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-10-27 06:58 UTC · record ↗

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