GHSA-95p4-vv4g-jxxmMediumCVSS 5.3

Backstage may expose sensitive information in Scaffolder task failure events

Published
October 7, 2026
Last Modified
October 7, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

📋 Description

Impact

Under specific template and failure conditions, an authenticated user may be able to retrieve sensitive values from Scaffolder task events. This can expose backend-managed credentials used during task execution.

Patches

Patched in @backstage/plugin-scaffolder-backend version 4.1.0

Workarounds

  • Restrict Scaffolder template execution and task-event access to trusted users until the patched version is deployed.

🎯 Affected products1

  • npm/@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-backend:< 4.1.0

🔗 References (5)