CVE-2026-106460

Backstage: Explicit negative email verification can be ignored during shared OAuth profile normalization

Published Oct 6, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 6.8 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Backstage is an open framework for building developer portals. From 0.3.0 until 0.6.15 and 0.7.5, the @backstage/plugin-auth-node package did not consistently honor explicit negative email verification during shared OAuth profile normalization. The affected paths include a selected profile email marked verified: false, a matching raw provider email marked email_verified: false, and an email obtained only from an ID token marked email_verified: false. Exploitation requires an admitted identity-provider user who can supply or change an unverified email and a deployment that uses the selected profile email to resolve catalog identities. The verification metadata must apply to the selected email; an absent email_verified claim alone is not affected. In an affected configuration, the user may assume another catalog identity and obtain its associated access and permissions. This issue is fixed in versions 0.6.15 and 0.7.5.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-xm5q-p7w3-x6cp Backstage: Explicit negative email verification can be ignored during shared OAuth profile normalization
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Linuxfoundation
Linuxfoundation backstage
Linuxfoundation backstage\/plugin-auth-node
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:backstage:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:backstage\/plugin-auth-node:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
Vendors & Products Linuxfoundation
Linuxfoundation backstage
Linuxfoundation backstage\/plugin-auth-node
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Backstage
Backstage backstage
Backstage plugin-auth-node
Vendors & Products Backstage
Backstage backstage
Backstage plugin-auth-node
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Backstage is an open framework for building developer portals. From 0.3.0 until 0.6.15 and 0.7.5, the @backstage/plugin-auth-node package did not consistently honor explicit negative email verification during shared OAuth profile normalization. The affected paths include a selected profile email marked verified: false, a matching raw provider email marked email_verified: false, and an email obtained only from an ID token marked email_verified: false. Exploitation requires an admitted identity-provider user who can supply or change an unverified email and a deployment that uses the selected profile email to resolve catalog identities. The verification metadata must apply to the selected email; an absent email_verified claim alone is not affected. In an affected configuration, the user may assume another catalog identity and obtain its associated access and permissions. This issue is fixed in versions 0.6.15 and 0.7.5.
Title Backstage: Explicit negative email verification can be ignored during shared OAuth profile normalization
Weaknesses CWE-287
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
Oct 9, 2026, 1:48 AM
Reserved
Oct 6, 2026, 4:49 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Oct 6, 2026, 9:17 PM
Modified
Oct 27, 2026, 8:41 PM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Oct 6, 2026, 8:22 PM