GHSA-m382-6jw4-fmp6

Source

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-m382-6jw4-fmp6

Import Source

https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/10/GHSA-m382-6jw4-fmp6/GHSA-m382-6jw4-fmp6.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-m382-6jw4-fmp6

Aliases

Published

2026-10-07T20:26:14Z

Modified

2026-10-07T20:30:04Z

Severity

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

Summary

Ghost: Path Traversal via Locale Setting

Details

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 security@ghost.org.

Database specific

{
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-22",
        "CWE-73"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2026-10-07T20:26:14Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2026-10-05T20:17:14Z",
    "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

1.20.0

Fixed

6.64.0

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/10/GHSA-m382-6jw4-fmp6/GHSA-m382-6jw4-fmp6.json"