GHSA-6q6j-f24j-p477

Source

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6q6j-f24j-p477

Import Source

https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/10/GHSA-6q6j-f24j-p477/GHSA-6q6j-f24j-p477.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-6q6j-f24j-p477

Aliases

Published

2026-10-07T16:18:00Z

Modified

2026-10-09T12:10:31Z

Severity

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

Summary

Ghost: Authorization Bypass in Comments Feature

Details

Impact

An input validation issue allowed members to access comments they were not authorized to access.

Vulnerable versions

This vulnerability is present in Ghost from v5.9.0 up to v6.44.1.

Patches

v6.44.1 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.

References

Ghost thanks Himanshu Anand (@anand_himanshu) 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-943"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2026-10-07T16:18:00Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2026-10-05T20:17:16Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
}

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

5.9.0

Fixed

6.44.1

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/10/GHSA-6q6j-f24j-p477/GHSA-6q6j-f24j-p477.json"