GitHub Advisoryadvisory · npm

GHSA-9m4w-fmjw-fvjq Ghost: Regular Expression Denial of Service in External Media Inliner

MEDIUM Published 2026-10-07 Modified 2026-10-07 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2026-105645
Ecosystem
npm
Packages
ghost
Severity
Moderate
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-1333
Reviewed
2026-10-07

Affected packages

• npm ghost: >= 5.37.0, < 6.67.0 → fixed in 6.67.0

Description

Impact A crafted request to the external media inliner could cause excessive CPU usage, making the Ghost server unresponsive. Exploiting this requires Administrator access. Vulnerable versions This vulnerability is present in Ghost from v5.37.0 up to v6.65.0. Patches v6.67.0 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 ka3n1x 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-2026-105645 Ghost is a Node.js content management system. vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-1333 Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity weakness

References