CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-106561

MediumCVSS 5.0
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.20%

9th percentile - higher than 9% of all known CVEs

Summary

The @backstage/plugin-kubernetes-backend package prior to 0.21.9 allows an authenticated user with standard Kubernetes resource read permission to retrieve sensitive values that the plugin is designed to mask. This can expose credentials and other confidential material held in connected clusters, limited to resources the Backstage service account is permitted to read.

Risk Assessment

An authenticated user could obtain credentials and sensitive data from connected Kubernetes clusters, potentially leading to privilege escalation or further compromise. The risk applies only to deployments where the Backstage service account has read access to those resources.

Recommendation

Update @backstage/plugin-kubernetes-backend to version 0.21.9 or later. Additionally, consider restricting the Backstage service account's permissions in clusters to the minimum necessary.

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Original NVD description (English source)

Backstage is an open framework for building developer portals. Prior to 0.21.9, the @backstage/plugin-kubernetes-backend package is affected by sensitive information disclosure in kubernetes resource queries. An authenticated user holding the standard Kubernetes resource read permission could retrieve sensitive values that the Kubernetes plugin is designed to mask, potentially exposing credentials and other confidential material held in the connected clusters. Exposure is limited to resources that the Backstage service account is permitted to read and that match the targeted catalog entity's namespace and label selector. Deployments whose cluster credentials do not grant read access to these resources are unaffected. This issue is fixed in version 0.21.9.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS