High severity · published Oct 6, 2026
CVE-2026-106509
Backstage: Improper validation of MkDocs theme configuration in TechDocs
8.8
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Backstage is an open framework for building developer portals. Prior to 1.14.6, the @backstage/plugin-techdocs-node package is affected by improper validation of mkdocs theme configuration in techdocs. When TechDocs is configured to build documentation locally or in a container, a user with write access to a registered repository can include configuration values in mkdocs.yml that cause arbitrary code execution during the documentation build process. This issue is fixed in versions 1.14.6 and 1.15.4.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 44% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
BA
backstage · backstage
< 1.50.5; >= 1.51.0-next.0, < 1.54.6 · source: vendor, NVD
PL
plugin-techdocs-node · @backstage
< 1.14.6; >= 1.15.0, < 1.15.4 · source: vendor
BP
Backstage Plugin-techdocs-node · Linuxfoundation
before 1.14.6; 1.15.0 before 1.15.4 · source: NVD
Affected product
PL
plugin-techdocs-node
@backstage
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