GitHub Advisoryadvisory · npm
GHSA-m382-6jw4-fmp6 Ghost: Path Traversal via Locale Setting
MEDIUM
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- Aliases
- CVE-2026-105676
- Ecosystem
- npm
- Packages
- ghost
- Severity
- Moderate
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-22, CWE-73
- Reviewed
- 2026-10-07
Affected packages
• npm ghost: >= 1.20.0, < 6.64.0 → fixed in 6.64.0
Description
Impact
A vulnerability in how Ghost loads theme translation files allowed an authenticated Administrator to read JSON files outside of the active theme's directory, potentially exposing server configuration secrets.
Vulnerable versions
This vulnerability is present in Ghost from v1.20.0 up to v6.64.0.
Patches
v6.64.0 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 Miguel Segovia Gil of KPMG and Nguyễn Quốc Đồng 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-2026-105676 Ghost is a Node.js content management system. vulnerability
References
- https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/security/advisories/GHSA-m382-6jw4-fmp6 web
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-105676 advisory
- https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/issues/30635 web
- https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/pull/30635 web
- https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/commit/d2f498694be549074dd5817fd0e8a1371b65df02 web
- https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost package
- https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/releases/tag/v6.64.0 web