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GHSA-53VV-XM9F-MM82

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-10-07 20:27 – Updated: 2026-10-07 20:27

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.

Severity

3.1 (Low)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

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  "details": "### Impact\n\nAny staff-level user was able to determine the relative ordering of other staff users\u0027 hashed passwords. This does not directly disclose password hashes, and does not provide a practical path to recovering a password.\n\n### Vulnerable versions\n\nThis vulnerability is present in Ghost from v0.7.2 up to v6.64.0.\n\n### Patches\n\nv6.64.0 contains a fix for this issue.\n\n### How to update\n\nFor self-hosters using Docker, find [Docker\u0027s official Ghost image here](https://hub.docker.com/_/ghost). Updating a Docker-based Ghost instance [is documented here](https://docs.ghost.org/install/docker#updating-ghost). \n\nIf your Ghost is a Ghost-CLI install see our documentation on [updating it to the latest version here](https://docs.ghost.org/update). \n\n### References\n\nGhost thanks [carfeii](https://github.com/carfeii) and [Nhat Anh Vu](https://github.com/nhattanhh) for disclosing this vulnerability responsibly.\n\n### For more information\n\nIf you have any questions or comments about this advisory, email us at [security@ghost.org](mailto:security@ghost.org).",
  "id": "GHSA-53vv-xm9f-mm82",
  "modified": "2026-10-07T20:27:22Z",
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}

CVE-2026-105652 (GCVE-0-2026-105652)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-10-05 19:11 – Updated: 2026-10-05 19:54

Title

Ghost: Password Hash Ordering Disclosure in Ghost Admin API

Summary

Ghost is a Node.js content management system. From 0.7.2 until 6.64.0, 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. This issue is fixed in version 6.64.0.

Severity

3.1 (Low)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-10-05 19:54 UTC

CWE

CWE-203 - Observable Discrepancy
CWE-943 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Data Query Logic

Assigner

GitHub_M mitre root Scorecard

References

4 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/security/adviso…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/pull/30760	x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/commit/4fb587e4…	x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/releases/tag/v6.64.0	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
TryGhost	Ghost	Affected: >= 0.7.2, < 6.64.0

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