Backstage is an open framework for building developer portals. Prior to 0.16.1 and 0.17.8, the @backstage/backend-defaults package is affected by improper preservation of access restrictions during service credential delegation. An external service credential configured with access restrictions (e.g., read-only) could bypass those restrictions by routing requests through plugin delegation paths. This could allow a restricted service to perform operations beyond its intended scope, including write operations on plugins it was restricted to read-only access for. This issue is fixed in versions 0.16.1 and 0.17.8.
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 5
- https://github.com/backstage/backstage/commit/40346245c53e1bf26dee56601e95c5c4ab9cc124 Patch
- https://github.com/backstage/backstage/commit/bc80ffdafbc92ff7b8c72347eace13cb8688fd33 Patch
- https://github.com/backstage/backstage/releases/tag/v1.49.6 Patch, Release Notes
- https://github.com/backstage/backstage/releases/tag/v1.54.6 Patch, Release Notes
- https://github.com/backstage/backstage/security/advisories/GHSA-cq7v-rfgc-5c7v Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.
Change history 4
- Cpes+2 CPE criteria (now 2)NVD modified 2026-10-22 13:40
- StatusUndergoing Analysis → AnalyzedNVD modified 2026-10-22 13:40
- CVSS7.6 (v3.1, CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L) → 6.5 (v3.1, CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N)NVD modified 2026-10-22 13:40
- First seenCVSS 7.6NVD modified 2026-10-09 02:17
Affected (CPE criteria) 2
cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:backstage\/backend-defaults:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:backstage:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References 5
- https://github.com/backstage/backstage/commit/40346245c53e1bf26dee56601e95c5c4ab9cc124 Patch
- https://github.com/backstage/backstage/commit/bc80ffdafbc92ff7b8c72347eace13cb8688fd33 Patch
- https://github.com/backstage/backstage/releases/tag/v1.49.6 Patch, Release Notes
- https://github.com/backstage/backstage/releases/tag/v1.54.6 Patch, Release Notes
- https://github.com/backstage/backstage/security/advisories/GHSA-cq7v-rfgc-5c7v Mitigation, Vendor Advisory