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GHSA-P75X-JH7P-PPCX

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-10-07 16:23 – Updated: 2026-10-07 16:23

Summary

Backstage: Bypass of MkDocs configuration sanitizer in TechDocs backend

Details

Impact

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.

Patches

Patched in@backstage/plugin-techdocs-node version 1.15.4

Workarounds

If you cannot upgrade immediately:

Use Docker mode with restricted access: Configure TechDocs with runIn: docker instead of runIn: local. This provides container isolation, though it does not fully mitigate the risk.
Limit repository write access to trusted parties, since exploitation requires the ability to commit files to a repository with TechDocs enabled.
Review incoming changes to MkDocs configuration files as part of your code review process.

Severity

7.7 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:L

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        "ecosystem": "npm",
        "name": "@backstage/plugin-techdocs-node"
      },
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  "modified": "2026-10-07T16:23:52Z",
  "published": "2026-10-07T16:23:52Z",
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}

CVE-2026-106505 (GCVE-0-2026-106505)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-10-06 21:43 – Updated: 2026-10-07 16:14

Title

Backstage: Bypass of MkDocs configuration sanitizer in TechDocs backend

Summary

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.

Severity

7.7 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:L

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-10-07 16:12 UTC

CWE

CWE-426 - Untrusted Search Path
CWE-436 - Interpretation Conflict

Assigner

GitHub_M mitre root Scorecard

References

5 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/backstage/backstage/security/a…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/backstage/backstage/commit/a7d…	x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/backstage/backstage/commit/ef9…	x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/backstage/backstage/releases/t…	x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/backstage/backstage/releases/t…	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
backstage	backstage	Affected: < 1.50.5 Affected: >= 1.51.0-next.0, < 1.54.6
@backstage	plugin-techdocs-node	Affected: < 1.14.6 Affected: >= 1.15.0, < 1.15.4

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