Insertion of Sensitive Information Into Sent Data Affecting @backstage/plugin-scaffolder-backend package, versions <3.3.1>=3.4.0 <3.4.1>=4.0.0 <4.0.3>=4.0.4 <4.1.0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.48% (41st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JS-BACKSTAGEPLUGINSCAFFOLDERBACKEND-20825245
  • published11 Oct 2026
  • disclosed7 Oct 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 7 Oct 2026

NewCVE-2026-106501  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-201  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade @backstage/plugin-scaffolder-backend to version 3.3.1, 3.4.1, 4.0.3, 4.1.0 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 Insertion of Sensitive Information Into Sent Data via the task serialization logic in router.ts, which previously included secrets and state fields in API responses for task retrieval endpoints. An authenticated attacker can read task secrets - such as credentials or tokens stored in scaffolder task context - by querying the task list or task detail endpoints, as these fields were included in the serialized response without being stripped.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1