# CVE-2026-106463: Backstage: Improper authorization in GitLab organizational user ingestion

- Also known as: GHSA-GP6M-X9VW-5C5X
- Severity: CVSS 5.4 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.54.6, 0.8.7
- Published: 2026-10-06 · Updated: 2026-10-07

## Affected

- backstage: fixed in 1.54.6
- @backstage plugin-catalog-backend-module-gitlab: fixed in 0.8.7
- @backstage/plugin-catalog-backend-module-gitlab (npm): fixed in 0.8.7

## Description

Backstage is an open framework for building developer portals. Prior to 0.8.7, the @backstage/plugin-catalog-backend-module-gitlab package is affected by improper authorization in gitlab organizational user ingestion. Deployments that enable GitLab organization event ingestion and rely on scoped catalog users as an access boundary may admit an unintended catalog identity. Depending on sign-in and permission configuration, this may allow unauthorized access with the permissions of a standard authenticated user. This issue is fixed in version 0.8.7.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on backstage, @backstage plugin-catalog-backend-module-gitlab, @backstage/plugin-catalog-backend-module-gitlab, upgrade to a fixed version (1.54.6, 0.8.7) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/backstage/backstage/security/advisories/GHSA-gp6m-x9vw-5c5x
- https://github.com/backstage/backstage/commit/c211b4b67d28efd2f4fac63e35e2ac515e305cb3
- https://github.com/backstage/backstage/releases/tag/v1.54.6

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