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Vulnerabilities/CVE-2026-106493Public Intelligence Dossier
Source: linuxfoundation · Limited verification•Last verified: •Collection Degraded
CVE-2026-106493Unknown / EvaluatingMEDIUM (raw)CVSS 4.1CWE-22

Backstage is an open framework for building developer portals

Published: 07 Oct 2026•Last updated: 22 Oct 2026, 06:43 PM IST•Source identifier: security-advisories@github.com
Dossier completeness: source-provided sections 2 / 3 · rule guidance available. Missing source facts count as incomplete.
Official source
CISA KEV catalog
Unknown
KEV status was not determined.
CVSS score
4.1MEDIUM (raw)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
Metric sourcenvd@nist.gov
EPSS probability
0.3%0.003
Percentile20th
Weakness type
CWE-22
No further CWE recorded
Remediation
Patch status unknown
No fixed version or KB recorded

Why It Matters

Analysis dossier

Why It Matters

Backstage is an open framework for building developer portals. Prior to 1.54.6, cloud storage catalog providers did not sufficiently validate object paths. A principal able to create or rename objects in a configured Azure Blob Storage or AWS S3 catalog source could cause catalog descriptors to be read from outside the intended storage boundary, limited to locations reachable with the backend's configured credentials. This issue is fixed in 1.54.6.

SOC priority

Medium

Actively exploited (source statement)

Unknown

Publicly disclosed

Unknown

Risk basis: Microsoft or Microsoft-managed product relevance; No confirmed exploitation signal in current enrichment; Source severity; no confirmed exploitation signal

Affected Products & Remediation

4 source-backed products
Affected products and versions (source)
  • linuxfoundation backstage · < 1.54.6 · NVD CPE · Source
  • linuxfoundation backstage\/backend-defaults · < 0.17.8 · NVD CPE · Source
  • linuxfoundation backstage\/plugin-catalog-backend-module-aws · < 0.4.27 · NVD CPE · Source
  • linuxfoundation backstage\/plugin-catalog-backend-module-azure · < 0.3.21 · NVD CPE · Source
Recorded patch / KBNot provided by source

Vendor or catalog guidance (source)

Not provided by source

Known exploitation (source facts)

Only what a source states. Unknown means no source has said either way; it is not "not exploited".

CISA KEV
Unknown
Exploited (source statement)
Unknown
Publicly disclosed (source)
Unknown

Suggested hunting (rule-based inference)

SecOps Signal recommendation (rule-based inference). These steps are hunting hypotheses from the vulnerability class; they do not state or imply that exploitation occurred here or anywhere.

Matched path-traversal (CWE-22)

Exposure

  1. Locate affected deployments and the path-handling endpoint named by the advisory.Telemetry: Application access logs · The affected path must come from the source, not the CWE alone. · Rule path-traversal

Exploitation evidence

  1. Review requests to that endpoint for traversal encodings and unusual file responses.Telemetry: Application access logs · Such patterns are a hypothesis to validate against normal traffic. · Rule path-traversal

Response

  1. Verify the source-stated fix and retest the affected path.Telemetry: Application change records · The exact remediation depends on the source advisory. · Rule path-traversal

CISA KEV Record

CISA KEV status was not determined for this record.

Change History & Source Data

— No recorded material change

CNA / source
security-advisories@github.com
Record status · verification
UPDATED · NVD API
CPE
cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:backstage:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:backstage\/backend-defaults:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*, cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:backstage\/plugin-catalog-backend-module-aws:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*, cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:backstage\/plugin-catalog-backend-module-azure:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

Evidence & Provenance

3 public sources
github.comSource recordnvd.nist.govSource recordgithub.comSource record

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Detection Hunting Query
Target: DeviceTvmSoftwareVulnerabilities•Defender XDR
Detect endpoints exposed to CVE-2026-106493
Purpose: Exposure assessment (Category: Exposure Check)Why linked: Query metadata names CVE-2026-106493
DeviceTvmSoftwareVulnerabilities| where CveId == "CVE-2026-106493"| project DeviceId, DeviceName, OSPlatform, OSVersion, SoftwareVendor, SoftwareName, SoftwareVersion, CveId, VulnerabilitySeverityLevel, RecommendedSecurityUpdate, RecommendedSecurityUpdateId| sort by VulnerabilitySeverityLevel desc
Schema Checked · Not runtime validatedSource: SecOps Signal deterministic template · Limited verificationStatic screening: Passed structure and schema checks; tenant execution is not verified.
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