CVE-2021-32662
Description
Backstage is an open platform for building developer portals, and techdocs-common contains common functionalities for Backstage's TechDocs. In `@backstage/techdocs-common` versions prior to 0.6.3, a malicious actor could read sensitive files from the environment where TechDocs documentation is built and published by setting a particular path for `docs_dir` in `mkdocs.yml`. These files would then be available over the TechDocs backend API. This vulnerability is mitigated by the fact that an attacker would need access to modify the `mkdocs.yml` in the documentation source code, and would also need access to the TechDocs backend API. The vulnerability is patched in the `0.6.3` release of `@backstage/techdocs-common`.
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CvssV3 impact
BaseSeverity | MEDIUM |
ConfidentialityImpact | HIGH |
AttackComplexity | LOW |
Scope | UNCHANGED |
AttackVector | NETWORK |
AvailabilityImpact | NONE |
IntegrityImpact | NONE |
PrivilegesRequired | LOW |
BaseScore | 6.5 |
VectorString | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
Version | 3.1 |
UserInteraction | NONE |
CvssV2 impact
AccessComplexity | MEDIUM |
ConfidentialityImpact | PARTIAL |
AvailabilityImpact | NONE |
IntegrityImpact | NONE |
BaseScore | 3.5 |
VectorString | AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N |
Version | 2.0 |
AccessVector | NETWORK |
Authentication | SINGLE |