Exposure of Sensitive System Information to an Unauthorized Control Sphere Affecting @backstage/plugin-scaffolder-backend package, versions >=3.1.0 <3.1.5


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JS-BACKSTAGEPLUGINSCAFFOLDERBACKEND-15479859
  • published12 Mar 2026
  • disclosed12 Mar 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 12 Mar 2026

NewCVE-2026-32237  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-497  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade @backstage/plugin-scaffolder-backend to version 3.1.5 or higher.

Overview

@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-backend is a The Backstage backend plugin that helps you create new things

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Exposure of Sensitive System Information to an Unauthorized Control Sphere via the dry-run endpoint when secrets configured in scaffolder.defaultEnvironment.secrets are included in the server configuration. An attacker can access sensitive environment secrets by executing dry-run operations and inspecting the API response payload, as these secrets are not properly redacted in all parts of the response.

References

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1