Path Traversal in @backstage/plugin-scaffolder-backend (backstage backstage)

CVE-2021-41151
MEDIUM 6.8

At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 1.31 % · percentile 71 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
GitHub_M
NVD status
Undergoing Analysis

Description

Backstage is an open platform for building developer portals. In affected versions A malicious actor could read sensitive files from the environment where Scaffolder Tasks are run. The attack is executed by crafting a custom Scaffolder template with a `github:publish:pull-request` action and a particular source path. When the template is executed the sensitive files would be included in the published pull request. This vulnerability is mitigated by the fact that an attacker would need access to create and register templates in the Backstage catalog, and that the attack is very visible given that the exfiltration happens via a pull request. The vulnerability is patched in the `0.15.9` release of `@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-backend`.

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-22 — Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

References

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:NGitHub_M
CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:NNVD · security-advisories@github.com (Secondary)
CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.9CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NNVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 4.0AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:NNVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

Advisories

European references

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

Affected products

ProductVersions
backstage · backstageaffected >=0.9.4, < 0.15.9

Sources

SourceLicence
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EPSS (FIRST.org)FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVDENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feedsPublic domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD