Server-side Request Forgery (SSRF) Affecting @backstage/plugin-techdocs-node package, versions <1.14.6>=1.15.0 <1.15.4


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.3% (21st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JS-BACKSTAGEPLUGINTECHDOCSNODE-20825495
  • published11 Oct 2026
  • disclosed7 Oct 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 7 Oct 2026

NewCVE-2026-106557  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-22  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-918  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade @backstage/plugin-techdocs-node to version 1.14.6, 1.15.4 or higher.

Overview

@backstage/plugin-techdocs-node is a Common node.js functionalities for TechDocs, to be shared between techdocs-backend plugin and techdocs-cli

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Server-side Request Forgery (SSRF) via the sanitizeMkdocsYml function in mkdocsPatchers.ts, where the pymdownx.snippets MkDocs Markdown extension is permitted without constraining its configuration options. An authenticated attacker can supply a malicious mkdocs.yml with pymdownx.snippets configured to use a remote base_path or url_download option, causing the TechDocs build process to fetch arbitrary URLs from the server's network context, exposing internal resources.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1