GitHub Advisoryadvisory · npm
GHSA-7mpp-r37j-x5wh Ghost: Session Fixation in Ghost Admin
MEDIUM
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- Aliases
- CVE-2026-70594
- Ecosystem
- npm
- Packages
- ghost
- Severity
- Moderate
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
- Weaknesses
- CWE-384
- Reviewed
- 2026-08-04
Affected packages
• npm ghost: >= 2.2.0, < 6.54.1 → fixed in 6.54.1
Description
Impact
Ghost Admin did not invalidate existing sessions on login which could have allowed for session fixation attacks. Successful exploitation would have required another vulnerability on the same domain where Ghost Admin was hosted.
Vulnerable versions
This vulnerability is present in Ghost from v2.2.0 to v6.54.0.
Patches
v6.54.1 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 meifukun for disclosing this vulnerability responsibly.
For more information
If you have any questions or comments about this advisory, email Ghost at [email protected].
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2026-70594 Ghost is a Node.js content management system. vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-384 Session Fixation weakness
References
- https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/security/advisories/GHSA-7mpp-r37j-x5wh web
- https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/pull/29634 web
- https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/commit/6b1c85c30dd0bacb4d5ffe64fc675ac9342d800c web
- https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost package
- https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/releases/tag/v6.54.1 web