CVE-2026-106457

Backstage: Insufficient audience validation in the Cloudflare Access auth provider

HIGH
8.1
CVSS Score
Published: October 6, 2026 at 08:13 PM UTC
Updated: October 27, 2026 at 08:48 PM UTC
4 products affected across 2 vendorsBackstagebackstage\/plugin-auth-backend-module-cloudflare-access-providerBackstage

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Severity
HIGH8.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

Backstage is an open framework for building developer portals. From 0.1.0 until 0.5.0, the @backstage/plugin-auth-backend-module-cloudflare-access-provider package is affected by insufficient audience validation in the cloudflare access auth provider. The Cloudflare Access auth provider verifies a token's signature and team issuer, but affected versions do not verify that the token was issued for the Backstage application. A user holding a valid token for another Access application in the same Cloudflare Zero Trust team may therefore be able to authenticate to Backstage if that token reaches the auth endpoint without the Backstage application's audience already being enforced upstream. Cloudflare Access normally evaluates the protected application before forwarding requests. This issue is fixed in version 0.5.0.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

References (3)

x_refsource_CONFIRMMitigationVendor Advisory
Source: cverecord
https://github.com/backstage/backstage/security/advisories/GHSA-q333-f498-w2x7
x_refsource_MISCPatchRelease Notes
Source: cverecord
https://github.com/backstage/backstage/releases/tag/v1.55.0

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-287

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