CVE-2026-106505
Backstage is an open framework for building developer portals. Prior to 1.14.6 and 1.15.4, the @backstage/plugin-techdocs-node package is affected by bypass of mkdocs configuration sanitizer in techdocs backend. Users with the ability to commit changes to a repository that uses TechDocs can circumvent the MkDocs configuration file sanitizer introduced in response to CVE-2026-25153 and execute arbitrary code on the TechDocs backend host during documentation generation. This issue is fixed in versions 1.14.6 and 1.15.4.
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - EPSS
- 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 23% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)
- CWEs
- CWE-426, CWE-436
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- linuxfoundation:backstage
- linuxfoundation:backstage_plugin-techdocs-node
Packages (OSV)
| Advisory | Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GHSA-p75x-jh7p-ppcx | npm | @backstage/plugin-techdocs-node | <1.15.4 | 1.15.4 |
References
- https://github.com/backstage/backstage/commit/a7d995f11a5d27f0efbdbe8bb6c21b06988c79c9
- https://github.com/backstage/backstage/commit/ef92d3d2b76046205c580e7152956514c15640db
- https://github.com/backstage/backstage/releases/tag/v1.50.5
- https://github.com/backstage/backstage/releases/tag/v1.54.6
- https://github.com/backstage/backstage/security/advisories/GHSA-p75x-jh7p-ppcx