Backstage has a Possible SSRF when reading from allowed URL's in `backend.reading.allow`

Impact The FetchUrlReader component, used by the catalog and other plugins to fetch content from URLs, followed HTTP redirects automatically. This allowed an attacker who controls a host listed in backend.reading.allow to redirect requests to internal or sensitive URLs that are not on the...

GHSA-Q2X5-4XJX-C6P9 Backstage has a Possible SSRF when reading from allowed URL's in `backend.reading.allow`

Impact The FetchUrlReader component, used by the catalog and other plugins to fetch content from URLs, followed HTTP redirects automatically. This allowed an attacker who controls a host listed in backend.reading.allow to redirect requests to internal or sensitive URLs that are not on the...

Symlink Attack

Overview @backstage/backend-defaults is a Backend defaults used by Backstage backend apps Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Symlink Attack via multiple actions, including debug:log, fs:delete, and archive extraction. A user who create and execute Scaffolder templates can read,...

PT-2026-3880

Backstage is an open framework for building developer portals, and @backstage/backend-defaults provides the default implementations and setup for a standard Backstage backend app. Prior to versions 0.12.2, 0.13.2, 0.14.1, and 0.15.0, the FetchUrlReader component, used by the catalog and other...