GitHub Advisoryadvisory · npm

GHSA-chgm-3698-jm42 Ghost: Member existence leak via magic link sign-in response

MEDIUM Published 2026-08-04 Modified 2026-08-04 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2026-53947
Ecosystem
npm
Packages
ghost
Severity
Moderate
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-204
Reviewed
2026-08-04

Affected packages

• npm ghost: >= 5.18.0, < 6.21.2 → fixed in 6.21.2

Description

Impact A discrepancy in responses from the members signin endpoints made it possible for an unauthenticated attacker to determine whether a given email address belongs to a registered member of a Ghost site. Vulnerable versions This vulnerability is present in Ghost from v5.18.0 up to v6.21.0. Patches v6.21.1 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. For more information If you have any questions or comments about this advisory, email Ghost at [email protected].

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2026-53947 Ghost is a Node.js content management system. vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-204 Observable Response Discrepancy weakness

References