CVE-2021-32662

Backstage is an open platform for building developer portals, and techdocs-common contains common functionalities for Backstage's TechDocs. In `@backstage/techdocs-common` versions prior to 0.6.3, a malicious actor could read sensitive files from the environment where TechDocs documentation is built and published by setting a particular path for `docs_dir` in `mkdocs.yml`. These files would then be available over the TechDocs backend API. This vulnerability is mitigated by the fact that an attacker would need access to modify the `mkdocs.yml` in the documentation source code, and would also need access to the TechDocs backend API. The vulnerability is patched in the `0.6.3` release of `@backstage/techdocs-common`.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:backstage:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

21 Nov 2024, 06:07

Type Values Removed Values Added
References () https://github.com/backstage/backstage/commit/8cefadca04cbf01d0394b0cb1983247e5f1d6208 - Patch, Third Party Advisory () https://github.com/backstage/backstage/commit/8cefadca04cbf01d0394b0cb1983247e5f1d6208 - Patch, Third Party Advisory
References () https://github.com/backstage/backstage/releases/tag/release-2021-05-27 - Release Notes, Third Party Advisory () https://github.com/backstage/backstage/releases/tag/release-2021-05-27 - Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
References () https://github.com/backstage/backstage/security/advisories/GHSA-pgf8-28gg-vpr6 - Third Party Advisory () https://github.com/backstage/backstage/security/advisories/GHSA-pgf8-28gg-vpr6 - Third Party Advisory

Information

Published : 2021-06-03 22:15

Updated : 2024-11-21 06:07


NVD link : CVE-2021-32662

Mitre link : CVE-2021-32662

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-32662


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Products Affected

linuxfoundation

  • backstage
CWE
CWE-22

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')