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.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:NWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| backstage | backstage | < 1.54.1 |
| @backstage | plugin-search-backend | < 2.1.6 |
| @backstage | plugin-search-backend-module-elasticsearch | < 1.8.7 |
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Timeline
- Published
- Oct 7, 2026
- Last modified
- Oct 16, 2026
- NVD status
- Analyzed