Description
Backstage is an open framework for building developer portals. Prior to 4.1.0, the @backstage/plugin-scaffolder-backend package is affected by sensitive information exposure in scaffolder task logs. An authenticated user who can create and read scaffolder tasks may be able to observe sensitive values in task logs in deployments with restrictive action permissions and affected templates. Exploitation requires a denied action whose input contains such a value. This issue is fixed in version 4.1.0.
Published: 2026-10-06
Score: 6.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-4xvq-3m68-h444 Backstage has sensitive information exposure in scaffolder task logs
History

Wed, 07 Oct 2026 04:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Backstage
Backstage backstage
Backstage plugin-scaffolder-backend
Vendors & Products Backstage
Backstage backstage
Backstage plugin-scaffolder-backend

Tue, 06 Oct 2026 21:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Backstage is an open framework for building developer portals. Prior to 4.1.0, the @backstage/plugin-scaffolder-backend package is affected by sensitive information exposure in scaffolder task logs. An authenticated user who can create and read scaffolder tasks may be able to observe sensitive values in task logs in deployments with restrictive action permissions and affected templates. Exploitation requires a denied action whose input contains such a value. This issue is fixed in version 4.1.0.
Title Backstage: Sensitive information exposure in scaffolder task logs
Weaknesses CWE-532
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}


Subscriptions

Backstage Backstage Plugin-scaffolder-backend
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-07T16:20:53.466Z

Reserved: 2026-10-06T18:46:47.766Z

Link: CVE-2026-106504

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Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-10-06T22:17:05.680

Modified: 2026-10-07T17:16:49.723

Link: CVE-2026-106504

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Updated: 2026-10-07T04:30:11Z

Weaknesses