GHSA-v6q3-xqxm-6f5v

Source

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-v6q3-xqxm-6f5v

Import Source

https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/10/GHSA-v6q3-xqxm-6f5v/GHSA-v6q3-xqxm-6f5v.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-v6q3-xqxm-6f5v

Aliases

Published

2026-10-07T20:26:19Z

Modified

2026-10-07T20:30:04Z

Severity

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

Summary

Ghost: Invite Token Disclosure in Ghost Admin API

Details

Impact

Staff users with permission to view staff invites were able to discover the secret token of pending invites, including invites for roles with higher privileges than their own. This could allow a staff user to escalate their privileges by accepting a pending invite.

Vulnerable versions

This vulnerability is present in Ghost from v4.39.0 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 CoryRoo, Pedro Pinho, 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": "2026-10-07T20:26:19Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2026-10-05T20:17:14Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
}

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

4.39.0

Fixed

6.64.0

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/10/GHSA-v6q3-xqxm-6f5v/GHSA-v6q3-xqxm-6f5v.json"