GitHub Advisoryadvisory · npm
GHSA-53vv-xm9f-mm82 Ghost: Password Hash Ordering Disclosure in Ghost Admin API
LOW
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- Aliases
- CVE-2026-105652
- Ecosystem
- npm
- Packages
- ghost
- Severity
- Low
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-203, CWE-943
- Reviewed
- 2026-10-07
Affected packages
• npm ghost: >= 0.7.2, < 6.64.0 → fixed in 6.64.0
Description
Impact
Any staff-level user was able to determine the relative ordering of other staff users' hashed passwords. This does not directly disclose password hashes, and does not provide a practical path to recovering a password.
Vulnerable versions
This vulnerability is present in Ghost from v0.7.2 up to v6.64.0.
Patches
v6.64.0 contains a fix for this issue.
How to update
For self-hosters using Docker, find Docker's official Ghost image here. Updating a Docker-based Ghost instance is documented here.
If your Ghost is a Ghost-CLI install see our documentation on updating it to the latest version here.
References
Ghost thanks carfeii and Nhat Anh Vu for disclosing this vulnerability responsibly.
For more information
If you have any questions or comments about this advisory, email us at [email protected].
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2026-105652 Ghost is a Node.js content management system. vulnerability
References
- https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/security/advisories/GHSA-53vv-xm9f-mm82 web
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-105652 advisory
- https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/pull/30760 web
- https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/commit/4fb587e4d49667f929b87f7d6a873ae5e9cc087f web
- https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost package
- https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/releases/tag/v6.64.0 web