GitHub Advisoryadvisory · npm

GHSA-8575-cr6v-7jh4 Ghost: Stored XSS via SVG Uploads Bypassing Sanitization

HIGH Published 2026-10-07 Modified 2026-10-07 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2026-105649
Ecosystem
npm
Packages
ghost
Severity
High
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-434, CWE-79
Reviewed
2026-10-07

Affected packages

• npm ghost: >= 4.22.0, < 6.65.0 → fixed in 6.65.0

Description

Impact SVG media thumbnails, and SVG images uploaded with a non-SVG file extension, were stored without sanitization. This allowed any staff user, including Contributors, to host scripts on the site's domain, possibly resulting in compromise of other staff users' admin sessions. Vulnerable versions This vulnerability is present in Ghost from v4.22.0 up to v6.64.0. Patches v6.65.0 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 Ibrahim AlJaafreh of Cystack Red Team, Anand Prajapati, 白墨, 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-2026-105649 Ghost is a Node.js content management system. vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (2)

  • CWE-434 Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type weakness
  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation weakness

References