Backstage is an open framework for building developer portals. Prior to 1.14.6, the @backstage/plugin-techdocs-node package is affected by remote code execution via crafted markdown_extensions in techdocs mkdocs.yml. An authenticated user who can register catalog entities can provide a crafted mkdocs.yml causing arbitrary OS command execution on the TechDocs build host when the docs are built. This issue is fixed in versions 1.14.6 and 1.15.4.
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 5
- https://github.com/backstage/backstage/commit/02cd7cdbb18b687446277b5602adaee7f1d53cbb Patch
- https://github.com/backstage/backstage/commit/a900a9953c8f7ad3ba1906d1d257725a9996cc9d Patch
- https://github.com/backstage/backstage/releases/tag/v1.50.5 Patch, Release Notes
- https://github.com/backstage/backstage/releases/tag/v1.54.6 Patch, Release Notes
- https://github.com/backstage/backstage/security/advisories/GHSA-4488-j8vj-vqqv Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.
Change history 1
- First seenCVSS 7.7 · linuxfoundationNVD modified 2026-10-13 14:25
Affected (CPE criteria) 7
cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:backstage_plugin-techdocs-node:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*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:*:*:*:*:*:*
References 5
- https://github.com/backstage/backstage/commit/02cd7cdbb18b687446277b5602adaee7f1d53cbb Patch
- https://github.com/backstage/backstage/commit/a900a9953c8f7ad3ba1906d1d257725a9996cc9d Patch
- https://github.com/backstage/backstage/releases/tag/v1.50.5 Patch, Release Notes
- https://github.com/backstage/backstage/releases/tag/v1.54.6 Patch, Release Notes
- https://github.com/backstage/backstage/security/advisories/GHSA-4488-j8vj-vqqv Mitigation, Vendor Advisory