Backstage is an open framework for building developer portals. From 0.11.12 until 1.14.7 and 1.15.5, the @backstage/plugin-techdocs-node package is affected by improper validation of mkdocs plugin configuration in techdocs. An authenticated attacker with control over a TechDocs source repository could cause a documentation build to retrieve and publish data from network locations reachable by the build environment. Exposure depends on deployment topology, build mode, and target endpoint protections. Modern cloud metadata services that require tokens or special headers are not directly accessible through the affected behavior. This issue is fixed in @backstage/plugin-techdocs-node versions 1.14.7 and 1.15.5.

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Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-q38j-6vcm-2f5m Backstage: Improper validation of MkDocs plugin configuration in TechDocs
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Wed, 07 Oct 2026 12:30:00 +0000

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Tue, 06 Oct 2026 20:30:00 +0000

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Description Backstage is an open framework for building developer portals. From 0.11.12 until 1.14.7 and 1.15.5, the @backstage/plugin-techdocs-node package is affected by improper validation of mkdocs plugin configuration in techdocs. An authenticated attacker with control over a TechDocs source repository could cause a documentation build to retrieve and publish data from network locations reachable by the build environment. Exposure depends on deployment topology, build mode, and target endpoint protections. Modern cloud metadata services that require tokens or special headers are not directly accessible through the affected behavior. This issue is fixed in @backstage/plugin-techdocs-node versions 1.14.7 and 1.15.5.
Title Backstage: Improper validation of MkDocs plugin configuration in TechDocs
Weaknesses CWE-918
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-06T20:06:06.505Z

Reserved: 2026-10-06T16:49:40.591Z

Link: CVE-2026-106455

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-10-06T21:17:15.727

Modified: 2026-10-07T13:58:29.527

Link: CVE-2026-106455

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2026-10-06T20:06:06Z

Links: CVE-2026-106455 - Bugzilla

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Updated: 2026-10-07T00:30:08Z

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