CVE-2026-106503
Description
Backstage is an open framework for building developer portals. Prior to 3.3.1, 3.4.1, 4.0.3 and 4.1.0, the @backstage/plugin-scaffolder-backend package is affected by scaffolder action input authorization bypass. An authenticated user with access to affected Scaffolder templates could bypass configured action restrictions. Depending on integration credentials, this could grant unauthorized access to repositories and related source-control resources. This issue is fixed in versions 3.3.1, 3.4.1, 4.0.3 and 4.1.0.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
Propose a mitigation on Community Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
References
- https://github.com/backstage/backstage/commit/11c1384c0649b8ab26391c6a4e4f34b80ab0d188
- https://github.com/backstage/backstage/commit/a91ed72d540e80b62a73b39bb1563ff5018d52d1
- https://github.com/backstage/backstage/commit/e307e4f487103d815e484291b3fda778ab9983bf
- https://github.com/backstage/backstage/releases/tag/v1.49.6
- https://github.com/backstage/backstage/releases/tag/v1.50.5
- https://github.com/backstage/backstage/releases/tag/v1.54.6
- https://github.com/backstage/backstage/security/advisories/GHSA-hmp2-4m7g-22cv
CWEs
CWE-178 CWE-284
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.