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GHSA-JM22-3W23-5Q7W

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-08-04 21:28 – Updated: 2026-08-04 21:28

Summary

Ghost: Blind Password Hash Disclosure in Ghost Admin API

Details

Impact

Any staff-level user was able to leak the hashed passwords of other staff users. An offline password-guessing attack against the hashes could lead to account takeover if successful, but Device Verification should have prevented an attacker from logging in with a recovered password. Depending on the database used, leaked hashes may not have had the correct casing for all characters, increasing the difficulty of a password-guessing attack.

Vulnerable versions

This vulnerability is present in Ghost versions v6.54.0 and earlier.

Patches

v6.54.1 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.

Workarounds

If upgrading immediately is not possible, ensure all staff users have Multi-factor Authentication (MFA) enabled. This will help prevent an attacker from logging in with any passwords that are successfully recovered from the leaked hashes.

References

Ghost thanks Chapman Schleiss 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

4.8 (Medium)


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

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  "details": "### Impact\n\nAny staff-level user was able to leak the hashed passwords of other staff users. An offline password-guessing attack against the hashes could lead to account takeover if successful, but [Device Verification](https://docs.ghost.org/security#device-verification) should have prevented an attacker from logging in with a recovered password. Depending on the database used, leaked hashes may not have had the correct casing for all characters, increasing the difficulty of a password-guessing attack.\n\n### Vulnerable versions\n\nThis vulnerability is present in Ghost versions v6.54.0 and earlier.\n\n### Patches\n\nv6.54.1 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### Workarounds\n\nIf upgrading immediately is not possible, ensure all staff users have [Multi-factor Authentication](https://docs.ghost.org/security#email-2fa) (MFA) enabled. This will help prevent an attacker from logging in with any passwords that are successfully recovered from the leaked hashes.\n\n### References\n\nGhost thanks Chapman Schleiss 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).",
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    }
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  "summary": "Ghost: Blind Password Hash Disclosure in Ghost Admin API"
}

CVE-2026-70590 (GCVE-0-2026-70590)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-04 21:27 – Updated: 2026-08-04 21:27

Title

Ghost: Blind Password Hash Disclosure in Ghost Admin API

Summary

Ghost is a Node.js content management system. Prior to 6.54.1, any staff-level user was able to leak the hashed passwords of other staff users through the Ghost Admin API. An offline password-guessing attack against the hashes could lead to account takeover if successful, but Device Verification should have prevented an attacker from logging in with a recovered password. Depending on the database used, leaked hashes may not have had the correct casing for all characters, increasing the difficulty of a password-guessing attack. This issue is fixed in version 6.54.1.

Severity

4.8 (Medium)


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

CWE

CWE-200 - Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

Assigner

GitHub_M

References

4 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/security/adviso…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/pull/29628	x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/commit/63c31fad…	x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/releases/tag/v6.54.1	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
TryGhost	Ghost	Affected: < 6.54.1

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

Nomenclature

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Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-JM22-3W23-5Q7W

Impact

Vulnerable versions

Patches

How to update

Workarounds

References

For more information

CVE-2026-70590 (GCVE-0-2026-70590)

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