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Security checkFebruary 01, 2023

Script injection

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Description

A malicious internal actor is able to upload documentation content with malicious scripts. These scripts would normally be sanitized by the TechDocs frontend, but by tricking a user to visit the content via the TechDocs API, the content sanitazion will be bypassed.

Recommendation

Update the @backstage/techdocs-common package to the latest compatible version. Followings are version details:

  • Affected version(s): < 0.6.4
  • Patched version(s): 0.6.4

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