Vulnerability Details : CVE-2021-32662
Backstage is an open platform for building developer portals, and techdocs-common contains common functionalities for Backstage's TechDocs. In `@backstage/techdocs-common` versions prior to 0.6.3, a malicious actor could read sensitive files from the environment where TechDocs documentation is built and published by setting a particular path for `docs_dir` in `mkdocs.yml`. These files would then be available over the TechDocs backend API. This vulnerability is mitigated by the fact that an attacker would need access to modify the `mkdocs.yml` in the documentation source code, and would also need access to the TechDocs backend API. The vulnerability is patched in the `0.6.3` release of `@backstage/techdocs-common`.
Vulnerability category: Directory traversal
Products affected by CVE-2021-32662
- cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:backstage:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2021-32662
0.48%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days
EPSS Score History
~ 63 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less
CVSS scores for CVE-2021-32662
Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source | First Seen |
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3.5
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LOW | AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N |
6.8
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2.9
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NIST | |
6.5
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MEDIUM | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
2.8
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3.6
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NIST | |
6.5
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MEDIUM | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
2.8
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3.6
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GitHub, Inc. |
CWE ids for CVE-2021-32662
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The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.Assigned by: security-advisories@github.com (Primary)
References for CVE-2021-32662
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https://github.com/backstage/backstage/security/advisories/GHSA-pgf8-28gg-vpr6
TechDocs mkdocs.yml path traversal · Advisory · backstage/backstage · GitHubThird Party Advisory
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https://github.com/backstage/backstage/commit/8cefadca04cbf01d0394b0cb1983247e5f1d6208
Add validation to prevent docs_dir from being an absolute path · backstage/backstage@8cefadc · GitHubPatch;Third Party Advisory
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https://github.com/backstage/backstage/releases/tag/release-2021-05-27
Release release-2021-05-27 · backstage/backstage · GitHubRelease Notes;Third Party Advisory
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