GitHub Advisoryadvisory · npm
GHSA-9xg7-mwmp-xmjx Ghost has Staff Token permission bypass
HIGH
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- Aliases
- CVE-2026-22595
- Ecosystem
- npm
- Packages
- ghost
- Severity
- High
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-863
- Reviewed
- 2026-01-08
Affected packages
• npm ghost: >= 6.0.0, < 6.11.0 → fixed in 6.11.0
• npm ghost: >= 5.105.0, < 5.130.6 → fixed in 5.130.6
Description
Impact
A vulnerability in Ghost's handling of Staff Token authentication allowed certain endpoints to be accessed that were only intended to be accessible via Staff Session authentication. External systems that have been authenticated via Staff Tokens for Admin/Owner-role users would have had access to these endpoints.
Vulnerable versions
This vulnerability is present in Ghost v5.121.0 to v5.130.5 to and Ghost v6.0.0 to v6.10.3.
Patches
v5.130.6 and v6.11.0 contain a fix for this issue.
References
Ghost thanks Sho Odagiri of GMO Cybersecurity by Ierae, Inc. for discovering and disclosing this vulnerability responsibly.
For more information
If there are any questions or comments about this advisory, email Ghost at [email protected].
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2026-22595 Ghost is a Node.js content management system. vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization weakness
References
- https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/security/advisories/GHSA-9xg7-mwmp-xmjx web
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-22595 advisory
- https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/commit/9513d2a35c21067127ce8192443d8919ddcefcc8 web
- https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/commit/c3017f81a5387b253a7b8c1ba1959d430ee536a3 web
- https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost package