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CVE-2026-88064

HIGH 8.8

Backstage: Improper input validation in TechDocs MkDocs configuration

CVSS Score
8.8
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

Backstage is an open framework for building developer portals. Prior to 1.14.6 and from 1.15.0 until 1.15.4, the @backstage/plugin-techdocs-node package insufficiently validates mkdocs.yml supplied by an authenticated user who can register or modify a TechDocs source. Unsafe Python YAML tags, markdown_extensions names and configuration, theme options, and extra_templates values can reach the documentation generator and cause unintended code execution. The resulting impact is limited to the files, credentials, network access, and other resources available to the TechDocs backend or build container. This issue is fixed in versions 1.14.6 and 1.15.4.

CWE CWE-20 CWE-1336
Vendor backstage
Product backstage
Published Sep 16, 2026
Last Updated Sep 16, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Affected Versions

backstage / backstage
< 1.14.6 >= 1.15.0, < 1.15.4

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
github.com: https://github.com/backstage/backstage/security/advisories/GHSA-292q-8mf5-h6g3 github.com: https://github.com/backstage/backstage/commit/017ace52d9b327ededc6704cf17799c875ae0f29 github.com: https://github.com/backstage/backstage/commit/02cd7cdbb18b687446277b5602adaee7f1d53cbb github.com: https://github.com/backstage/backstage/commit/25125ee727a3de3418a8fa6a9e458cd5b73ecf26 github.com: https://github.com/backstage/backstage/commit/a7d995f11a5d27f0efbdbe8bb6c21b06988c79c9 github.com: https://github.com/backstage/backstage/commit/a900a9953c8f7ad3ba1906d1d257725a9996cc9d github.com: https://github.com/backstage/backstage/releases/tag/v1.50.5 github.com: https://github.com/backstage/backstage/releases/tag/v1.54.6