PT-2026-107272 · Backstage · Backstage

CVE-2026-106491

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Published

2026-10-06

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Updated

2026-10-07

CVSS v3.1

6.4

Medium

VectorAV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Backstage versions prior to 0.6.17
Description The @backstage/plugin-proxy-backend package contains improper input validation within the proxy-backend. An authenticated user can craft a request URL that forces the proxy-backend to forward the request to a path outside the configured base path on the target server. This effect is limited to target servers already configured as proxy endpoints.
Recommendations Update to version 0.6.17.

Exploit

Fix

Path traversal

RCE

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Weakness Enumeration

Related Identifiers

CVE-2026-106491
GHSA-9GHW-48H5-V2W5

Affected Products

Backstage