CVE-2021-41151CWE-22

Path Traversal in @backstage/plugin-scaffolder-backend

Medium · published October 18, 2021

CVSS v3.1
6.8
EPSS
1%
Percentile
70.6
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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`.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
6.8 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.01315 · 70.6th percentile
Weakness
CWE-22 · Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Published
2021-10-18T20:30Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 18 OCT 20:30Z
    Path Traversal in @backstage/plugin-scaffolder-backend
    cvelistv5