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Vulnerability details: VCID-44tf-rp9m-yqgm
Vulnerability ID VCID-44tf-rp9m-yqgm
Aliases CVE-2026-25152
GHSA-w669-jj7h-88m9
Summary @backstage/plugin-techdocs-node vulnerable to possible Path Traversal in TechDocs Local Generator A path traversal vulnerability in the TechDocs local generator allows attackers to read arbitrary files from the host filesystem when Backstage is configured with `techdocs.generator.runIn: local`. When processing documentation from untrusted sources, symlinks within the docs directory are followed by MkDocs during the build process. File contents are embedded into generated HTML and exposed to users who can view the documentation.
Status Published
Exploitability None
Weighted Severity None
Risk None
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
There are no known severity scores.
Reference id Reference type URL
https://github.com/backstage/backstage
https://github.com/backstage/backstage/commit/08f388e3394b133171fe13b62a78caf14407b9c3
CVE-2026-25152 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-25152
GHSA-w669-jj7h-88m9 https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-w669-jj7h-88m9
GHSA-w669-jj7h-88m9 https://github.com/backstage/backstage/security/advisories/GHSA-w669-jj7h-88m9
No exploits are available.
There are no known vectors.

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Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-06-02T04:49:49.274807+00:00 GitLab Importer Import https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/npm/@backstage/plugin-techdocs-node/CVE-2026-25152.yml 38.6.0