6.5
MEDIUM
CVE-2024-45815
Backstage Catalog API Query Injection Vulnerability
Description

Backstage is an open framework for building developer portals. A malicious actor with authenticated access to a Backstage instance with the catalog backend plugin installed is able to interrupt the service using a specially crafted query to the catalog API. This has been fixed in the `1.26.0` release of the `@backstage/plugin-catalog-backend`. All users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

INFO

Published Date :

Sept. 17, 2024, 9:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Sept. 17, 2024, 9:15 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

2.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2024-45815 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
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Resource
https://github.com/backstage/backstage/security/advisories/GHSA-3x3f-jcp3-g22j

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  • CVE Received by [email protected]

    Sep. 17, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description Backstage is an open framework for building developer portals. A malicious actor with authenticated access to a Backstage instance with the catalog backend plugin installed is able to interrupt the service using a specially crafted query to the catalog API. This has been fixed in the `1.26.0` release of the `@backstage/plugin-catalog-backend`. All users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.
    Added Reference GitHub, Inc. https://github.com/backstage/backstage/security/advisories/GHSA-3x3f-jcp3-g22j [No types assigned]
    Added CWE GitHub, Inc. CWE-1321
    Added CVSS V3.1 GitHub, Inc. AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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