Description
Backstage is an open framework for building developer portals. Prior to 1.14.6, the @backstage/plugin-techdocs-node package is affected by improper validation of mkdocs theme configuration in techdocs. When TechDocs is configured to build documentation locally or in a container, a user with write access to a registered repository can include configuration values in mkdocs.yml that cause arbitrary code execution during the documentation build process. This issue is fixed in versions 1.14.6 and 1.15.4.
Published: 2026-10-06
Score: 7.7 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-8w7q-29mw-gf5c Backstage: Improper validation of MkDocs theme configuration in TechDocs
History

Fri, 09 Oct 2026 17:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Linuxfoundation
Linuxfoundation backstage
Linuxfoundation backstage Plugin-techdocs-node
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:backstage:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:backstage:1.51.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:backstage:1.51.0:next0:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:backstage:1.51.0:next1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:backstage:1.51.0:next2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:backstage:1.51.0:next3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:backstage_plugin-techdocs-node:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Linuxfoundation
Linuxfoundation backstage
Linuxfoundation backstage Plugin-techdocs-node

Fri, 09 Oct 2026 09:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Backstage
Backstage backstage
Backstage plugin-techdocs-node
Vendors & Products Backstage
Backstage backstage
Backstage plugin-techdocs-node

Thu, 08 Oct 2026 12:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

threat_severity

Important


Wed, 07 Oct 2026 19:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Tue, 06 Oct 2026 22:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Backstage is an open framework for building developer portals. Prior to 1.14.6, the @backstage/plugin-techdocs-node package is affected by improper validation of mkdocs theme configuration in techdocs. When TechDocs is configured to build documentation locally or in a container, a user with write access to a registered repository can include configuration values in mkdocs.yml that cause arbitrary code execution during the documentation build process. This issue is fixed in versions 1.14.6 and 1.15.4.
Title Backstage: Improper validation of MkDocs theme configuration in TechDocs
Weaknesses CWE-1336
CWE-94
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

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


Subscriptions

Backstage Backstage Plugin-techdocs-node
Linuxfoundation Backstage Backstage Plugin-techdocs-node
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-07T18:01:48.511Z

Reserved: 2026-10-06T18:46:47.767Z

Link: CVE-2026-106509

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-10-07T18:01:44.896Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-10-06T22:17:06.463

Modified: 2026-10-09T17:34:17.120

Link: CVE-2026-106509

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2026-10-06T21:50:07Z

Links: CVE-2026-106509 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-10-09T08:30:57Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-1336

    Improper Neutralization of Special Elements Used in a Template Engine

  • CWE-94

    Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')