GitHub Advisoryadvisory · npm
GHSA-pgf8-28gg-vpr6 Path traversal
MEDIUM
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- Aliases
- CVE-2021-32662
- Ecosystem
- npm
- Packages
- @backstage/techdocs-common
- Severity
- Moderate
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-22
- Reviewed
- 2021-06-03
Affected packages
• npm @backstage/techdocs-common: < 0.6.3 → fixed in 0.6.3
Description
Impact
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.
Patches
The vulnerability is patched in the `0.6.3` release of `@backstage/techdocs-common`.
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Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2021-32662 Backstage is an open platform for building developer portals, and techdocs-common contains common functionalities for Backstage's TechDocs. vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory weakness
References
- https://github.com/backstage/backstage/security/advisories/GHSA-pgf8-28gg-vpr6 web
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-32662 advisory
- https://github.com/backstage/backstage/commit/8cefadca04cbf01d0394b0cb1983247e5f1d6208 web
- https://github.com/backstage/backstage/releases/tag/release-2021-05-27 web