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GHSA-f7v3-xhm6-w245

Backstage has improper input validation in TechDocs Markdown extension configuration

Source: GitHub Advisory Database (reviewed) High CVE-2026-106557

Packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixed in
npm @backstage/plugin-techdocs-node < 1.15.4 1.15.4

Details

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### Impact An authenticated user who can register or modify documentation sources may cause a TechDocs build to access resources outside the intended documentation boundary. Depending on deployment configuration, this may expose sensitive backend-host data or internal network resources. ### Patches Patched in `@backstage/plugin-techdocs-node` version `1.15.4`. Adopters must also use `pymdown-extensions` version `10.21.3` or newer, normally through `mkdocs-techdocs-core` version `1.7.0` or newer. `@backstage/plugin-techdocs-node` does not control the Python dependencies used by the generator; with an older PyMdown release, snippets may remain vulnerable to file inclusion even after their configuration is sanitized. ### Workarounds - Generate TechDocs only from trusted repositories with reviewed MkDocs configuration. - Use isolated build environments with restricted filesystem access and network egress. - Prefer externally generated TechDocs with appropriately sandboxed CI.

References

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