vulnerability / NVI-00008880 / Revision 4
Backstage catalog rules can be bypassed for URL locations using encoded path segments
GitHub lists this reviewed advisory for @backstage/plugin-catalog-backend, @backstage/plugin-catalog-backend. Published version ranges and source prerequisites are shown below; this is not an inspection of a visitor’s application.
This report has not inspected your inventory, configuration, deployed build, reachability or evidence. A catalog listing and a severity score do not establish exposure or compromise.
01 / Meaning
Why it matters
Published affected context helps an owner decide what evidence to gather. This report has not examined your application.
6.5 medium
GitHub source severity; exploitability and local consequence require separate evidence.
As of · GitHub Advisory Database
6.5 MEDIUM (3.1)
security-advisories@github.com severity; no combined Null risk score.
0.317%
FIRST EPSS model v2026.06.15; exploitation probability over 30 days, percentile 0.24714. Missing scores are unknown.
As of · FIRST EPSS
02 / Applicability
The affected context
Affected versions, configuration prerequisites and known exclusions are public. Confirm each one against the deployed service.
@backstage/plugin-catalog-backend
source listed< 3.9.2
## Summary `@backstage/plugin-catalog-backend` matches URL-type locations against `catalog.rules` location patterns using the raw URL string submitted by the user, while URL readers resolve that same string in canonical form when fetching the location's content. A URL can therefore be crafted so that it appears to belong to a trusted location scope during rule evaluation, but is fetched from a different scope. ## Details When a deployment restricts catalog kinds to trusted URL prefixes using `catalog.rules` location patterns, `DefaultCatalogRulesEnforcer` applies glob matching directly to the raw `location.target` string. The URL readers used for ingestion resolve the same target in canonical form, including normalizing percent-encoded dot segments. A registered location such as `https:///trusted/%2e%2e/attacker/repo/blob/main/catalog-info.yaml` matches a `https:///trusted/**` pattern as a raw string, but resolves to and is fetched from `https:///attacker/repo/...` when its content is read. An authenticated user with permission to register catalog locations (`catalog.location.create`) can use this to have an entity from an untrusted source admitted as if it or
@backstage/plugin-catalog-backend
source listed>= 4.0.0, < 4.0.2
## Summary `@backstage/plugin-catalog-backend` matches URL-type locations against `catalog.rules` location patterns using the raw URL string submitted by the user, while URL readers resolve that same string in canonical form when fetching the location's content. A URL can therefore be crafted so that it appears to belong to a trusted location scope during rule evaluation, but is fetched from a different scope. ## Details When a deployment restricts catalog kinds to trusted URL prefixes using `catalog.rules` location patterns, `DefaultCatalogRulesEnforcer` applies glob matching directly to the raw `location.target` string. The URL readers used for ingestion resolve the same target in canonical form, including normalizing percent-encoded dot segments. A registered location such as `https:///trusted/%2e%2e/attacker/repo/blob/main/catalog-info.yaml` matches a `https:///trusted/**` pattern as a raw string, but resolves to and is fetched from `https:///attacker/repo/...` when its content is read. An authenticated user with permission to register catalog locations (`catalog.location.create`) can use this to have an entity from an untrusted source admitted as if it or
@backstage/plugin-catalog-backend
source listedSEMVER: introduced 0; fixed 3.9.2
## Summary `@backstage/plugin-catalog-backend` matches URL-type locations against `catalog.rules` location patterns using the raw URL string submitted by the user, while URL readers resolve that same string in canonical form when fetching the location's content. A URL can therefore be crafted so that it appears to belong to a trusted location scope during rule evaluation, but is fetched from a different scope. ## Details When a deployment restricts catalog kinds to trusted URL prefixes using `catalog.rules` location patterns, `DefaultCatalogRulesEnforcer` applies glob matching directly to the raw `location.target` string. The URL readers used for ingestion resolve the same target in canonical form, including normalizing percent-encoded dot segments. A registered location such as `https:///trusted/%2e%2e/attacker/repo/blob/main/catalog-info.yaml` matches a `https:///trusted/**` pattern as a raw string, but resolves to and is fetched from `https:///attacker/repo/...` when its content is read. An authenticated user with permission to register catalog locations (`catalog.location.create`) can use this to have an entity from an untrusted source admitted as if it or
@backstage/plugin-catalog-backend
source listedSEMVER: introduced 4.0.0; fixed 4.0.2
## Summary `@backstage/plugin-catalog-backend` matches URL-type locations against `catalog.rules` location patterns using the raw URL string submitted by the user, while URL readers resolve that same string in canonical form when fetching the location's content. A URL can therefore be crafted so that it appears to belong to a trusted location scope during rule evaluation, but is fetched from a different scope. ## Details When a deployment restricts catalog kinds to trusted URL prefixes using `catalog.rules` location patterns, `DefaultCatalogRulesEnforcer` applies glob matching directly to the raw `location.target` string. The URL readers used for ingestion resolve the same target in canonical form, including normalizing percent-encoded dot segments. A registered location such as `https:///trusted/%2e%2e/attacker/repo/blob/main/catalog-info.yaml` matches a `https:///trusted/**` pattern as a raw string, but resolves to and is fetched from `https:///attacker/repo/...` when its content is read. An authenticated user with permission to register catalog locations (`catalog.location.create`) can use this to have an entity from an untrusted source admitted as if it or
03 / Response
What to do next
- investigate
Identify the exact component and deployed version, examine the linked publisher’s conditions, and retain evidence of any mitigation.
Confirm current vendor support, compatibility and deployment evidence. This report has not tested a fix in your system. FIRST EPSS
- vendor patch
The original advisory lists fixed boundaries 3.9.2 for @backstage/plugin-catalog-backend. Confirm the publisher’s latest guidance.
Confirm current vendor support, compatibility and deployment evidence. This report has not tested a fix in your system. GitHub Advisory Database via OSV
- vendor patch
The original advisory lists fixed boundaries 4.0.2 for @backstage/plugin-catalog-backend. Confirm the publisher’s latest guidance.
Confirm current vendor support, compatibility and deployment evidence. This report has not tested a fix in your system. GitHub Advisory Database via OSV
A fixed release is not deployment evidence.
Check current vendor support and compatibility. After making a change, verify the deployed build and relevant runtime conditions. Keep the evidence, owner and time. An updated lockfile alone does not prove what is running.
04 / Limits
What this report cannot establish
- Customer inventory, deployment, reachability and exploitation have not been inspected.
- NVD lastModified does not establish freshness of every associated CPE record.
05 / Provenance
Sources you can inspect
Each assertion retains its source. Mirrored records may repeat one underlying publisher; additional links are not independent corroboration.
- GHSA-w658-mh9p-ww8f ↗
GitHub Advisory Database · vendor advisory
Observed . GitHub Advisory Database; CC-BY-4.0. Each advisory links its original attribution. Null normalizes fields.
- GHSA-w658-mh9p-ww8f ↗
GitHub Advisory Database via OSV · vendor advisory
Observed . GitHub-origin advisory, CC-BY-4.0; OSV is an aggregate copy, not independent corroboration.
- CVE-2026-115923 ↗
NIST National Vulnerability Database · official catalog
Observed . This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
- CVE-2026-115923 ↗
FIRST EPSS · official catalog
Observed . FIRST EPSS; probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, not local compromise. Dataset date/model retained; FIRST services terms apply.
Public revision history
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- Revision 4 ·
Source facts changed; compare the preserved prior revision.
- Revision 3 ·
Dated EPSS estimate updated; this is not a new disclosure or proof of exploitation.
- Revision 2 ·
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- Revision 1 ·
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