6.5
MEDIUM
CVE-2021-32662
Backstage TechDocs Common Environmental Path Disclosure
Description

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`.

INFO

Published Date :

June 3, 2021, 10:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

June 21, 2021, 2:21 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

2.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2021-32662 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Linuxfoundation backstage
1 Backstage backstage
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2021-32662.

URL Resource
https://github.com/backstage/backstage/commit/8cefadca04cbf01d0394b0cb1983247e5f1d6208 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/backstage/backstage/releases/tag/release-2021-05-27 Release Notes Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/backstage/backstage/security/advisories/GHSA-pgf8-28gg-vpr6 Third Party Advisory

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2021-32662 vulnerability over time.

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  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Jun. 21, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:backstage:backstage:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (excluding) 0.6.3 OR *cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:backstage:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (excluding) 0.6.3
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jun. 10, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/backstage/backstage/commit/8cefadca04cbf01d0394b0cb1983247e5f1d6208 No Types Assigned https://github.com/backstage/backstage/commit/8cefadca04cbf01d0394b0cb1983247e5f1d6208 Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/backstage/backstage/releases/tag/release-2021-05-27 No Types Assigned https://github.com/backstage/backstage/releases/tag/release-2021-05-27 Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/backstage/backstage/security/advisories/GHSA-pgf8-28gg-vpr6 No Types Assigned https://github.com/backstage/backstage/security/advisories/GHSA-pgf8-28gg-vpr6 Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:backstage:backstage:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 0.6.3
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.11 }} 0.00%

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0.42383

percentile

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