Backstage is an open framework for building developer portals. Prior to 1.14.6, the @backstage/plugin-techdocs-node package is affected by remote code execution via crafted markdown_extensions in techdocs mkdocs.yml. An authenticated user who can register catalog entities can provide a crafted mkdocs.yml causing arbitrary OS command execution on the TechDocs build host when the docs are built. This issue is fixed in versions 1.14.6 and 1.15.4.
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Wed, 07 Oct 2026 14:45:00 +0000

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Description Backstage is an open framework for building developer portals. Prior to 1.14.6, the @backstage/plugin-techdocs-node package is affected by remote code execution via crafted markdown_extensions in techdocs mkdocs.yml. An authenticated user who can register catalog entities can provide a crafted mkdocs.yml causing arbitrary OS command execution on the TechDocs build host when the docs are built. This issue is fixed in versions 1.14.6 and 1.15.4.
Title Backstage: Remote code execution via crafted markdown_extensions in TechDocs mkdocs.yml
Weaknesses CWE-183
CWE-470
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:L'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-07T14:36:53.929Z

Reserved: 2026-10-06T18:46:47.767Z

Link: CVE-2026-106510

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Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-10-07T15:17:12.430

Modified: 2026-10-07T15:52:18.453

Link: CVE-2026-106510

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Updated: 2026-10-07T15:30:17Z

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