GitHub Advisoryadvisory · npm

GHSA-x3mg-q38v-m562 Ghost: Authorization Issue Allowed Author Role to Delete any Post

MEDIUM Published 2026-10-07 Modified 2026-10-07 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2026-105680
Ecosystem
npm
Packages
ghost
Severity
Moderate
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-862
Reviewed
2026-10-07

Affected packages

• npm ghost: >= 5.81.0, < 6.60.0 → fixed in 6.60.0

Description

Impact Staff with the Author role could delete posts and pages that they did not author. Vulnerable versions This vulnerability is present in Ghost from v5.81.0 up to v6.60.0. Patches v6.60.0 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 Ethan Wilkins of Armadin, Mihir Shishulkar, Jan Kahmen of TuringPoint, and Hao Long 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-2026-105680 Ghost is a Node.js content management system. vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-862 Missing Authorization weakness

References