CVE-2026-106509

Summary

Backstage is an open framework for building developer portals. Prior to 1.14.6, the @backstage/plugin-techdocs-node package is affected by improper validation of mkdocs theme configuration in techdocs. When TechDocs is configured to build documentation locally or in a container, a user with write access to a registered repository can include configuration values in mkdocs.yml that cause arbitrary code execution during the documentation build process. This issue is fixed in versions 1.14.6 and 1.15.4.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
backstagebackstage< 1.50.5affected
backstagebackstage>= 1.51.0-next.0, < 1.54.6affected
@backstageplugin-techdocs-node< 1.14.6affected
@backstageplugin-techdocs-node>= 1.15.0, < 1.15.4affected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-94: CWE-94: Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
  • CWE-1336: CWE-1336: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements Used in a Template Engine

References