CVE-2026-106502
Received
Received - Intake
Sensitive Data Exposure in Backstage Scaffolder Backend
Vulnerability report for CVE-2026-106502, including description, CVSS score, EPSS score, affected products, exploitability, helpful resources, and attack-flow context.
Publication date: 2026-10-06
Last updated on: 2026-10-06
Assigner: GitHub, Inc.
Description
Description
Backstage is an open framework for building developer portals. Prior to 4.1.0, the @backstage/plugin-scaffolder-backend package could expose sensitive information in Scaffolder task failure events. Under specific template and failure conditions, an authenticated user may retrieve backend-managed credentials used during task execution from affected task events. This issue is fixed in version 4.1.0.
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Meta Information
Affected Vendors & Products
| Vendor | Product | Version / Range |
|---|---|---|
| backstage | backstage | < 1.54.6 |
| @backstage | plugin-scaffolder-backend | < 4.1.0 |
Helpful Resources
Exploitability
CWE
KEV
| CWE ID | Description |
|---|---|
| CWE-532 | The product writes sensitive information to a log file. |
