GHSA-53vv-xm9f-mm82

Source

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-53vv-xm9f-mm82

Import Source

https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/10/GHSA-53vv-xm9f-mm82/GHSA-53vv-xm9f-mm82.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-53vv-xm9f-mm82

Aliases

Published

2026-10-07T20:27:22Z

Modified

2026-10-07T20:45:06Z

Severity

3.1 (Low) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator

Summary

Ghost: Password Hash Ordering Disclosure in Ghost Admin API

Details

Impact

Any staff-level user was able to determine the relative ordering of other staff users' hashed passwords. This does not directly disclose password hashes, and does not provide a practical path to recovering a password.

Vulnerable versions

This vulnerability is present in Ghost from v0.7.2 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 carfeii and Nhat Anh Vu for disclosing this vulnerability responsibly.

For more information

If you have any questions or comments about this advisory, email us at security@ghost.org.

Database specific

{
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-203",
        "CWE-943"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2026-10-07T20:27:22Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2026-10-05T20:17:14Z",
    "severity": "LOW"
}

References

Affected packages

npm / ghost

Package

Name: ghost; View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl: pkg:npm/ghost

Affected ranges

Type: SEMVER
Events: Introduced

0.7.2

Fixed

6.64.0

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/10/GHSA-53vv-xm9f-mm82/GHSA-53vv-xm9f-mm82.json"