CVE-2021-32662

MEDIUM

Backstage < 0.6.3 - Path Traversal via docs_dir in mkdocs.yml

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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`.

References (3)

Core 3

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5
EPSS 0.0048
EPSS Percentile 65.5%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-22
Status published
Products (2)
backstage/techdocs-common 0 - 0.6.3npm
linuxfoundation/backstage < 0.6.3
Published Jun 03, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026