Vulnerability · Published Aug 13, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M
CVE-2026-73666OpenChoreo: Unauthenticated Backstage developer-portal API exposes OpenChoreo catalog data, scaffolder logs, and allows unauthenticated catalog write/delete
High 8.2
In plain English
A high-severity missing authentication in backstage-plugins from openchoreo. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.7% (higher than 52% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
OpenChoreo is a developer platform for Kubernetes. Prior to 1.0.4, 1.1.4, and 1.2.1, the OpenChoreo Backstage backend hardcoded backend.auth.dangerouslyDisableDefaultAuthPolicy and auth.providers.guest.dangerouslyAllowOutsideDevelopment to true, exposing /api/* without authentication and allowing unauthenticated catalog reads, scaffolder log reads, and catalog location creation or deletion. This issue is fixed in versions 1.0.4, 1.1.4, and 1.2.1.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| openchoreo | backstage-plugins | < 1.0.4>= 1.1.0, < 1.1.4>= 1.2.0-rc.1, < 1.2.1 |
Weakness: CWE-306 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
References
- https://github.com/openchoreo/openchoreo/security/advisories/GHSA-v7qx-mqhq-grvh x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://github.com/openchoreo/backstage-plugins/pull/709 x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/openchoreo/backstage-plugins/pull/712 x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/openchoreo/backstage-plugins/pull/713 x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/openchoreo/backstage-plugins/pull/716 x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/openchoreo/backstage-plugins/commit/114a215689924b917da5fd28c56e679aaccaef07 x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/openchoreo/backstage-plugins/commit/dfa3fc8bd1ffef1346442c891e3e3dd54bc26501 x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/openchoreo/backstage-plugins/commit/f6df89c15834506902b2f706a9e8fbe1f6ef1474 x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/openchoreo/backstage-plugins/commit/fdaceeb737938e830c48a150d5bec24f5f487e52 x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/openchoreo/backstage-plugins/releases/tag/v1.0.4 x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/openchoreo/backstage-plugins/releases/tag/v1.1.4 x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/openchoreo/backstage-plugins/releases/tag/v1.2.1 x_refsource_MISC