CVE Alert: CVE-2024-53983
Vulnerability Summary: CVE-2024-53983
The Backstage Scaffolder plugin Houses types and utilities for building scaffolder-related modules. A vulnerability is identified in Backstage Scaffolder template functionality where Server-Side Template Injection (SSTI) can be exploited to perform Git config injection. The vulnerability allows an attacker to capture privileged git tokens used by the Backstage Scaffolder plugin. With these tokens, unauthorized access to sensitive resources in git can be achieved. The impact is considered medium severity as the Backstage Threat Model recommends restricting access to adding and editing templates in the Backstage Catalog plugin. The issue has been resolved in versions `v0.4.12`, `v0.5.1` and `v0.6.1` of the `@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-node` package. Users are encouraged to upgrade to this version to mitigate the vulnerability. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade may ensure that templates do not change git config.
Affected Endpoints:
No affected endpoints listed.
Published Date:
11/29/2024, 7:15:10 PM
⚠️ CVSS Score:
Exploit Status:
Not ExploitedReferences:
- https://github.com/backstage/backstage/security/advisories/GHSA-qmc2-jpr5-7rg9
- https://github.com/backstage/backstage/tree/master/plugins/scaffolder-node
Recommended Action:
No proposed action available. Please refer to vendor documentation for updates.
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