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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD6.5 Medium

CVE-2026-106489

Backstage: Improper authorization enforcement for TechDocs static content

Description

Backstage is an open framework for building developer portals. Prior to 2.2.4, the @backstage/plugin-techdocs-backend package is affected by improper authorization enforcement for techdocs static content. An authenticated user with access to one TechDocs documentation site could craft a URL able to read documentation belonging to a different entity. This only affects deployments using the external TechDocs builder with an external storage provider (S3, GCS, etc.) and the permission framework enabled. Instances that do not use the permission framework are unaffected, since TechDocs content is visible to all authenticated users by design. This issue is fixed in version 2.2.4.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

backstage backstage

  • < 1.54.6affected

@backstage plugin-techdocs-backend

  • < 2.2.4affected

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