CVE-2026-25153HIGH 7.7EPSS p42.5%

CVE-2026-25153CVE-2026-25153

linuxfoundation / backstage

Description

Backstage is an open framework for building developer portals, and @backstage/plugin-techdocs-node provides common node.js functionalities for TechDocs. In versions of @backstage/plugin-techdocs-node prior to 1.13.11 and 1.14.1, when TechDocs is configured with `runIn: local`, a malicious actor who can submit or modify a repository's `mkdocs.yml` file can execute arbitrary Python code on the TechDocs build server via MkDocs hooks configuration. @backstage/plugin-techdocs-node versions 1.13.11 and 1.14.1 contain a fix. The fix introduces an allowlist of supported MkDocs configuration keys. Unsupported configuration keys (including `hooks`) are now removed from `mkdocs.yml` before running the generator, with a warning logged to indicate which keys were removed. Users of `@techdocs/cli` should also upgrade to the latest version, which includes the fixed `@backstage/plugin-techdocs-node` dependency. Some workarounds are available. Configure TechDocs with `runIn: docker` instead of `runIn:

Scoring

CVSS 3.17.7 (HIGH)
VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:L
EPSS0.54% probability of exploitation · percentile 42.5% · 2026-08-03T12:00:16Z
Published2026-01-30
Last modified2026-07-15

Underlying weaknesses· 1

CWE-94

References

  1. https://github.com/backstage/backstage/security/advisories/GHSA-6jr7-99pf-8vgf

1

TypeTargetConfidenceTier
WeaknessImproper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')cwe-940%live

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