CVE-2026-106562Backstage: Incorrect authorization in search engine permission filtering
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Backstage is an open framework for building developer portals. Prior to 2.1.6 in @backstage/plugin-search-backend and 1.8.7 in @backstage/plugin-search-backend-module-elasticsearch, search engine permission filtering could return documents denied by policy. An authenticated Backstage user subject to a DENY policy for search document types could receive unauthorized results in deployments with permission.enabled set to true and an Elasticsearch or OpenSearch backend. This issue is fixed in @backstage/plugin-search-backend 2.1.6 and @backstage/plugin-search-backend-module-elasticsearch 1.8.7.
- CVSS
- 4.3 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-754, CWE-863
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- GitHub_M
- NVD analysis
- Analyzed
- Record last updated
- Oct 7, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
backstage backstage backstage:backstage (from the name) | before 1.54.1 | CNA record |
@backstage plugin-search-backend backstage:plugin_search_backend (from the name) | before 2.1.6 | CNA record |
@backstage plugin-search-backend-module-elasticsearch backstage:plugin_search_backend_module_elasticsearch (from the name) | before 1.8.7 | CNA record |
linuxfoundation backstage/plugin-search-backend linuxfoundation:backstage/plugin-search-backend | before 2.1.6 | NVD |
linuxfoundation backstage/plugin-search-backend-module-elasticsearch linuxfoundation:backstage/plugin-search-backend-module-elasticsearch | before 1.8.7 | NVD |
linuxfoundation backstage linuxfoundation:backstage | before 1.54.1 | NVD |
References
- https://github.com/backstage/backstage/security/advisories/GHSA-9325-vq29-gp3vx-refsource-confirm, mitigation, vendor-advisory
- https://github.com/backstage/backstage/commit/2d5d3e77d630455d6d48cfa8f31fd3c126fd6f29x-refsource-misc, patch
- https://github.com/backstage/backstage/releases/tag/v1.54.1x-refsource-misc, patch, release-notes
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