Medium severity · published Oct 7, 2026
CVE-2026-106561
Backstage: Sensitive information disclosure in Kubernetes resource queries
5.0
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Backstage is an open framework for building developer portals. Prior to 0.21.9, the @backstage/plugin-kubernetes-backend package is affected by sensitive information disclosure in kubernetes resource queries. An authenticated user holding the standard Kubernetes resource read permission could retrieve sensitive values that the Kubernetes plugin is designed to mask, potentially exposing credentials and other confidential material held in the connected clusters. Exposure is limited to resources that the Backstage service account is permitted to read and that match the targeted catalog entity's namespace and label selector. Deployments whose cluster credentials do not grant read access to these resources are unaffected. This issue is fixed in version 0.21.9.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 9% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
BA
backstage · backstage
< 1.54.2 · source: vendor, NVD
PL
plugin-kubernetes-backend · @backstage
< 0.21.9 · source: vendor
BA
Backstage/plugin-kubernetes-backend · Linuxfoundation
before 0.21.9 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-106561
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-106561
x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/backstage/backstage/security/advisories/GHSA-p795-mqf2-36mf
x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/backstage/backstage/commit/388926ae5734bc20bd6a1520d02896be834f6527
x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/backstage/backstage/releases/tag/v1.54.2
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