CVE-2026-32236 Vulnerability Analysis & Exploit Details

CVE-2026-32236
Vulnerability Scoring

7.5
/10
Very High Risk

Highly exploitable, CVE-2026-32236 poses a critical security risk that could lead to severe breaches.

Attack Complexity Details

  • Attack Complexity: Low
    Exploits can be performed without significant complexity or special conditions.
  • Attack Vector: Network
    Vulnerability is exploitable over a network without physical access.
  • Privileges Required: None
    No privileges are required for exploitation.
  • Scope: Unchanged
    Exploit remains within the originally vulnerable component.
  • User Interaction: None
    No user interaction is necessary for exploitation.

CVE-2026-32236 Details

Status: Modified

Last updated: 🕘 15 Apr 2026, 21:17 UTC
Originally published on: 🕖 12 Mar 2026, 19:16 UTC

Time between publication and last update: 34 days

CVSS Release: version 3

CVSS3 Source

nvd@nist.gov

CVSS3 Type

Primary

CVSS3 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CVE-2026-32236 Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2026-32236: Backstage is an open framework for building developer portals. Prior to 0.27.1, a Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability exists in @backstage/plugin-auth-backend when auth.experimentalClientIdMetadataDocuments.enabled is set to true. The CIMD metadata fetch validates the initial client_id hostname against private IP ranges but does not apply the same validation after HTTP redirects. The practical impact is limited. The attacker cannot read the response body from the internal request, cannot control request headers or method, and the feature must be explicitly enabled via an experimental flag that is off by default. Deployments that restrict allowedClientIdPatterns to specific trusted domains are not affected. Patched in @backstage/plugin-auth-backend version 0.27.1.

Assessing the Risk of CVE-2026-32236

Access Complexity Graph

The exploitability of CVE-2026-32236 depends on two key factors: attack complexity (the level of effort required to execute an exploit) and privileges required (the access level an attacker needs).

Exploitability Analysis for CVE-2026-32236

With low attack complexity and no required privileges, CVE-2026-32236 is an easy target for cybercriminals. Organizations should prioritize immediate mitigation measures to prevent unauthorized access and data breaches.

Understanding AC and PR

A lower complexity and fewer privilege requirements make exploitation easier. Security teams should evaluate these aspects to determine the urgency of mitigation strategies, such as patch management and access control policies.

Attack Complexity (AC) measures the difficulty in executing an exploit. A high AC means that specific conditions must be met, making an attack more challenging, while a low AC means the vulnerability can be exploited with minimal effort.

Privileges Required (PR) determine the level of system access necessary for an attack. Vulnerabilities requiring no privileges are more accessible to attackers, whereas high privilege requirements limit exploitation to authorized users with elevated access.

CVSS Score Breakdown Chart

Above is the CVSS Sub-score Breakdown for CVE-2026-32236, illustrating how Base, Impact, and Exploitability factors combine to form the overall severity rating. A higher sub-score typically indicates a more severe or easier-to-exploit vulnerability.

CIA Impact Analysis

Below is the Impact Analysis for CVE-2026-32236, showing how Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability might be affected if the vulnerability is exploited. Higher values usually signal greater potential damage.

  • Confidentiality: High
    Exploiting CVE-2026-32236 can result in unauthorized access to sensitive data, severely compromising data privacy.
  • Integrity: None
    CVE-2026-32236 poses no threat to data integrity.
  • Availability: None
    CVE-2026-32236 does not impact system availability.

CVE-2026-32236 References

External References

CWE Common Weakness Enumeration

CWE-918

CAPEC Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification

  • Server Side Request Forgery CAPEC-664 An adversary exploits improper input validation by submitting maliciously crafted input to a target application running on a server, with the goal of forcing the server to make a request either to itself, to web services running in the server’s internal network, or to external third parties. If successful, the adversary’s request will be made with the server’s privilege level, bypassing its authentication controls. This ultimately allows the adversary to access sensitive data, execute commands on the server’s network, and make external requests with the stolen identity of the server. Server Side Request Forgery attacks differ from Cross Site Request Forgery attacks in that they target the server itself, whereas CSRF attacks exploit an insecure user authentication mechanism to perform unauthorized actions on the user's behalf.

Vulnerable Configurations

  • cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:backstage:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:backstage:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:backstage:0.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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  • cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:backstage:0.1.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:backstage:0.1.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:backstage:0.1.1:alpha0:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:backstage:0.1.1:alpha0:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:backstage:0.1.1:alpha1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:backstage:0.1.1:alpha1:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:backstage:0.1.1:alpha10:*:*:*:*:*:*
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  • cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:backstage:0.1.1:alpha11:*:*:*:*:*:*
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  • cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:backstage:0.1.1:alpha12:*:*:*:*:*:*
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  • cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:backstage:0.1.1:alpha13:*:*:*:*:*:*
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  • cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:backstage:0.1.1:alpha14:*:*:*:*:*:*
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  • cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:backstage:0.1.1:alpha15:*:*:*:*:*:*
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  • cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:backstage:0.1.1:alpha16:*:*:*:*:*:*
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  • cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:backstage:0.1.1:alpha17:*:*:*:*:*:*
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  • cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:backstage:0.1.1:alpha18:*:*:*:*:*:*
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  • cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:backstage:0.1.1:alpha19:*:*:*:*:*:*
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  • cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:backstage:0.1.1:alpha2:*:*:*:*:*:*
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  • cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:backstage:0.1.1:alpha20:*:*:*:*:*:*
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  • cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:backstage:0.1.1:alpha21:*:*:*:*:*:*
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  • cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:backstage:0.1.1:alpha22:*:*:*:*:*:*
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  • cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:backstage:0.1.1:alpha23:*:*:*:*:*:*
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  • cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:backstage:0.1.1:alpha24:*:*:*:*:*:*
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  • cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:backstage:0.1.1:alpha25:*:*:*:*:*:*
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  • cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:backstage:0.1.1:alpha26:*:*:*:*:*:*
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  • cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:backstage:0.1.1:alpha3:*:*:*:*:*:*
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  • cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:backstage:0.1.1:alpha4:*:*:*:*:*:*
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  • cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:backstage:0.1.1:alpha5:*:*:*:*:*:*
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  • cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:backstage:0.1.1:alpha6:*:*:*:*:*:*
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  • cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:backstage:0.1.1:alpha7:*:*:*:*:*:*
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  • cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:backstage:0.1.1:alpha8:*:*:*:*:*:*
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  • cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:backstage:0.1.1:alpha9:*:*:*:*:*:*
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  • cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:backstage:0.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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  • cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:backstage:0.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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  • cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:backstage:0.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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  • cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:backstage:0.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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  • cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:backstage:0.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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  • cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:backstage:0.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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  • cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:backstage:0.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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  • cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:backstage:0.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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  • cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:backstage:0.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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  • cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:backstage:0.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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  • cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:backstage:0.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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  • cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:backstage:0.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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  • cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:backstage:0.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:backstage:0.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:backstage:0.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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  • cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:backstage:0.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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  • cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:backstage:0.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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  • cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:backstage:0.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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  • cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:backstage:0.9.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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  • cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:backstage:0.10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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  • cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:backstage:0.11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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  • cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:backstage:0.11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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  • cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:backstage:0.12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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  • cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:backstage:0.13.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:backstage:0.13.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:backstage:0.13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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  • cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:backstage:0.14.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:backstage:0.14.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:backstage:0.15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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  • cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:backstage:0.15.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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  • cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:backstage:0.15.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:backstage:0.15.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:backstage:0.16.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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  • cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:backstage:0.16.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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  • cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:backstage:0.17.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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  • cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:backstage:0.17.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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  • cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:backstage:0.17.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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  • cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:backstage:0.17.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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  • cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:backstage:0.18.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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  • cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:backstage:0.18.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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  • cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:backstage:0.19.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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  • cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:backstage:0.20.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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  • cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:backstage:0.20.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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  • cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:backstage:0.21.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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  • cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:backstage:0.21.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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  • cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:backstage:0.22.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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  • cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:backstage:0.22.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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  • cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:backstage:0.23.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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  • cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:backstage:0.24.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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  • cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:backstage:0.24.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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  • cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:backstage:0.25.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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  • cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:backstage:0.25.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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  • cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:backstage:0.25.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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  • cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:backstage:0.25.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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  • cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:backstage:0.26.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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  • cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:backstage:0.26.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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  • cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:backstage:0.27.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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