Description
Backstage is an open framework for building developer portals. Prior to 2.1.6 in @backstage/plugin-search-backend and 1.8.7 in @backstage/plugin-search-backend-module-elasticsearch, search engine permission filtering could return documents denied by policy. An authenticated Backstage user subject to a DENY policy for search document types could receive unauthorized results in deployments with permission.enabled set to true and an Elasticsearch or OpenSearch backend. This issue is fixed in @backstage/plugin-search-backend 2.1.6 and @backstage/plugin-search-backend-module-elasticsearch 1.8.7.
Published: 2026-10-07
Score: 4.3 Medium
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Wed, 07 Oct 2026 15:00:00 +0000

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Description Backstage is an open framework for building developer portals. Prior to 2.1.6 in @backstage/plugin-search-backend and 1.8.7 in @backstage/plugin-search-backend-module-elasticsearch, search engine permission filtering could return documents denied by policy. An authenticated Backstage user subject to a DENY policy for search document types could receive unauthorized results in deployments with permission.enabled set to true and an Elasticsearch or OpenSearch backend. This issue is fixed in @backstage/plugin-search-backend 2.1.6 and @backstage/plugin-search-backend-module-elasticsearch 1.8.7.
Title Backstage: Incorrect authorization in search engine permission filtering
Weaknesses CWE-754
CWE-863
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N'}


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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-07T16:14:59.044Z

Reserved: 2026-10-06T20:31:59.017Z

Link: CVE-2026-106562

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Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-10-07T15:17:17.677

Modified: 2026-10-07T17:16:51.323

Link: CVE-2026-106562

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Updated: 2026-10-07T16:45:08Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-754

    Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions

  • CWE-863

    Incorrect Authorization