CVE-2026-106505

Backstage: Bypass of MkDocs configuration sanitizer in TechDocs backend

HIGH
8.5
CVSS Score
Published: October 6, 2026 at 09:43 PM UTC
Updated: October 9, 2026 at 05:58 PM UTC
4 products affected across 2 vendorsBackstageBackstage Plugin Techdocs NodeBackstage

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Severity
HIGH8.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

Backstage is an open framework for building developer portals. Prior to 1.14.6 and 1.15.4, the @backstage/plugin-techdocs-node package is affected by bypass of mkdocs configuration sanitizer in techdocs backend. Users with the ability to commit changes to a repository that uses TechDocs can circumvent the MkDocs configuration file sanitizer introduced in response to CVE-2026-25153 and execute arbitrary code on the TechDocs backend host during documentation generation. This issue is fixed in versions 1.14.6 and 1.15.4.

Affected

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

References (5)

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

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CVSS

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

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-426CWE-436

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