CVE-2026-88064

High

Description

Backstage is an open framework for building developer portals. Prior to 1.14.6 and from 1.15.0 until 1.15.4, the @backstage/plugin-techdocs-node package insufficiently validates mkdocs.yml supplied by an authenticated user who can register or modify a TechDocs source. Unsafe Python YAML tags, markdown_extensions names and configuration, theme options, and extra_templates values can reach the documentation generator and cause unintended code execution. The resulting impact is limited to the files, credentials, network access, and other resources available to the TechDocs backend or build container. This issue is fixed in versions 1.14.6 and 1.15.4.

SeverityHigh
CVSS8.8
Exploit probability68. percentile1.2%
ProductLinuxfoundation Backstage Plugin-techdocs-node
PublishedSep 16, 2026
First seenSep 16, 2026

How to fix

Update
  • linuxfoundation backstage_plugin-techdocs-node1.14.6, 1.15.4 or later
  • linuxfoundation backstage1.14.6, 1.15.4 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
linuxfoundation backstage_plugin-techdocs-nodev < 1.14.6, 1.15.0 ≤ v < 1.15.41.14.6, 1.15.4
linuxfoundation backstagev < 1.14.6, 1.15.0 ≤ v < 1.15.41.14.6, 1.15.4

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