Backstage is an open framework for building developer portals. From 0.3.0 until 0.6.15 and 0.7.5, the @backstage/plugin-auth-node package did not consistently honor explicit negative email verification during shared OAuth profile normalization. The affected paths include a selected profile email marked verified: false, a matching raw provider email marked email_verified: false, and an email obtained only from an ID token marked email_verified: false. Exploitation requires an admitted identity-provider user who can supply or change an unverified email and a deployment that uses the selected profile email to resolve catalog identities. The verification metadata must apply to the selected email; an absent email_verified claim alone is not affected. In an affected configuration, the user may assume another catalog identity and obtain its associated access and permissions. This issue is fixed in versions 0.6.15 and 0.7.5.
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 6
- https://github.com/backstage/backstage/commit/507e65ab9160aae6b602513dbfaebdd6be0ca8bb Patch
- https://github.com/backstage/backstage/commit/f0a43dacd1b501064da042b43eab9c1e06371d38 Patch
- https://github.com/backstage/backstage/commit/fc5e30aba8ea7282ed3658c3b985cec71051cf9d Patch
- https://github.com/backstage/backstage/releases/tag/v1.49.7 Patch, Release Notes
- https://github.com/backstage/backstage/releases/tag/v1.54.7 Patch, Release Notes
- https://github.com/backstage/backstage/security/advisories/GHSA-xm5q-p7w3-x6cp Mitigation, Patch, Vendor Advisory
Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.
Change history 3
- Cpes+2 CPE criteria (now 2)NVD modified 2026-10-27 20:41
- StatusUndergoing Analysis → AnalyzedNVD modified 2026-10-27 20:41
- First seenCVSS 6.8NVD modified 2026-10-09 02:17
Affected (CPE criteria) 2
cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:backstage\/plugin-auth-node:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:backstage:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References 6
- https://github.com/backstage/backstage/commit/507e65ab9160aae6b602513dbfaebdd6be0ca8bb Patch
- https://github.com/backstage/backstage/commit/f0a43dacd1b501064da042b43eab9c1e06371d38 Patch
- https://github.com/backstage/backstage/commit/fc5e30aba8ea7282ed3658c3b985cec71051cf9d Patch
- https://github.com/backstage/backstage/releases/tag/v1.49.7 Patch, Release Notes
- https://github.com/backstage/backstage/releases/tag/v1.54.7 Patch, Release Notes
- https://github.com/backstage/backstage/security/advisories/GHSA-xm5q-p7w3-x6cp Mitigation, Patch, Vendor Advisory