# Backstage: Improper task state validation in Scaffolder backend

Advisory record · `GHSA-xvgh-hmx8-9xxf`

- **Identifiers:** `GHSA-xvgh-hmx8-9xxf` · `CVE-2026-106500`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 8.5 High
- **Critical:** No
- **Weakness (CWE):** [CWE-59](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/59.html) · [CWE-362](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/362.html)
- **Tags:** [Path traversal](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/path-traversal.md) · [Race condition](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/race-condition.md)
- **Published:** 7 Oct 2026
- **Updated:** 7 Oct 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the GitHub Advisory Database at 7 Oct 2026, 17:59 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known.

## Affected packages

- `@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-backend` (npm): affected `<4.1.0`; fixed in `4.1.0`

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our analysis of this Advisory yet. Once a person has reviewed it, this page will say what’s vulnerable, what has to be true for your app to be affected, and how to check.

## Severity and exploitation

- 8.5 High, CVSS 3.1: `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H`, from CNA (GitHub_M)

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0034, the 27th percentile, on 9 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

- 31 Oct 2026, 13:33 UTC: First seen by agentprime
- 31 Oct 2026, 13:33 UTC: [Confirmed by OSV](https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-xvgh-hmx8-9xxf)

## Sources

- [GitHub Advisory Database: GHSA-xvgh-hmx8-9xxf](https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xvgh-hmx8-9xxf)
- [OSV: GHSA-xvgh-hmx8-9xxf](https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-xvgh-hmx8-9xxf)
- <https://github.com/backstage/backstage/security/advisories/GHSA-xvgh-hmx8-9xxf>
- <https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-106500>
- <https://github.com/backstage/backstage/commit/0d24f1b8701f3dde6cd597f81997c1ea873a43ae>
- <https://github.com/backstage/backstage/commit/56be299dd3ef6706e13e76ea2f8a9b0dd0b6413d>
- <https://github.com/backstage/backstage/commit/9e86c95a1a3ddfd54db03731cd8678aa63495175>
- <https://github.com/backstage/backstage>
- <https://github.com/backstage/backstage/releases/tag/v1.49.6>
- <https://github.com/backstage/backstage/releases/tag/v1.50.5>
- <https://github.com/backstage/backstage/releases/tag/v1.54.6>

Facts on this page come from the GitHub Advisory Database (CC-BY 4.0), OSV and the other sources listed, as published. We don’t reproduce full advisory descriptions, which can contain exploit code.

## Check whether this affects you

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- In a browser: <https://agentprime.io/check/> reads your lockfile in the browser, never uploading it.
- Whether it touches your code, with file and line: the Claude Code plugin, <https://agentprime.io/plugin.md>
- As JSON: <https://api.agentprime.io/v1/advisories/GHSA-xvgh-hmx8-9xxf>, or `POST https://api.agentprime.io/v1/match` with your packages (<https://agentprime.io/api.md>)

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