CVE-2026-106502

Published: Oct 6, 2026Modified: Oct 13, 2026

5.3

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Exploitability: 1.6 / Impact: 3.6

Source: security-advisories@github.com (Secondary)

Description

Backstage is an open framework for building developer portals. Prior to 4.1.0, the @backstage/plugin-scaffolder-backend package could expose sensitive information in Scaffolder task failure events. Under specific template and failure conditions, an authenticated user may retrieve backend-managed credentials used during task execution from affected task events. This issue is fixed in version 4.1.0.

Affected (2)

Products: Linuxfoundation: Backstage/plugin Scaffolder Backend, Backstage

Linuxfoundation

2 products

Backstage/plugin Scaffolder Backend

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Linuxfoundation Backstage/plugin Scaffolder Backend	version < 4.1.0

Configuration B

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Linuxfoundation Backstage	version < 1.54.6

Related CWEs

Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File

Information written to log files can be of a sensitive nature and give valuable guidance to an attacker or expose sensitive user information.

References (3)

https://github.com/backstage/backstage/commit/3f1e869708f002fb9838624b7379deb251691b47

Source: security-advisories@github.com

Patch

https://github.com/backstage/backstage/releases/tag/v1.54.6

Source: security-advisories@github.com

PatchRelease Notes

https://github.com/backstage/backstage/security/advisories/GHSA-95p4-vv4g-jxxm

Source: security-advisories@github.com

MitigationVendor Advisory

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