{"schema":"threatline.record/2","record":{"id":"CVE-2026-105680","aliases":["BIT-ghost-2026-105680","GHSA-x3mg-q38v-m562"],"summary":"Ghost: Authorization Issue Allowed Author Role to Delete any Post","details":"### Impact\n\nStaff with the Author role could delete posts and pages that they did not author.\n\n### Vulnerable versions\n\nThis vulnerability is present in Ghost from v5.81.0 up to v6.60.0.\n\n### Patches\n\nv6.60.0 contains a fix for this issue.\n\n### How to update\n\nFor self-hosters using Docker, find [Docker's 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\n### References\n\nGhost thanks Ethan Wilkins of Armadin, [Mihir Shishulkar](https://hackerone.com/mihir1011), [Jan Kahmen](https://github.com/kah-ja) of [TuringPoint](https://www.turingpoint.de), and [Hao Long](https://github.com/imlonghao) 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).","categories":["Applications & CMS"],"product":"ghost","vendor":"TryGhost","ecosystem":"npm","affected_ranges":[{"source":"GitHub Advisory Database","source_url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-x3mg-q38v-m562","source_modified_at":"2026-10-07T18:05:33Z","fetched_at":"2026-10-23T18:42:43.628194Z","package":{"ecosystem":"npm","name":"ghost"},"range":">= 5.81.0, < 6.60.0"},{"source":"CVE List","source_url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-105680","source_modified_at":"2026-10-06T16:51:07.157Z","fetched_at":"2026-10-23T18:45:31.882637Z","product":"Ghost","vendor":"TryGhost","versions":[{"version":">= 5.81.0, < 6.60.0","status":"affected"}],"defaultStatus":null},{"source":"OSV","source_url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-x3mg-q38v-m562","source_modified_at":"2026-10-13T08:25:39.027676535Z","fetched_at":"2026-10-23T18:42:43.628194Z","package":{"ecosystem":"npm","name":"ghost","purl":"pkg:npm/ghost"},"ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"5.81.0"},{"fixed":"6.60.0"}],"type":"SEMVER"}],"versions":[]}],"fixed_versions":[{"source":"GitHub Advisory Database","source_url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-x3mg-q38v-m562","source_modified_at":"2026-10-07T18:05:33Z","fetched_at":"2026-10-23T18:42:43.628194Z","package":{"ecosystem":"npm","name":"ghost"},"version":"6.60.0"},{"source":"OSV","source_url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-x3mg-q38v-m562","source_modified_at":"2026-10-13T08:25:39.027676535Z","fetched_at":"2026-10-23T18:42:43.628194Z","package":{"ecosystem":"npm","name":"ghost","purl":"pkg:npm/ghost"},"version":"6.60.0"}],"cvss":6.5,"severity":"Medium","kev":{"listed":false},"epss":{"probability":0.00273,"percentile":0.18679,"score_date":"2026-10-23"},"published_at":"2026-10-05T19:24:51.756Z","modified_at":"2026-10-13T08:25:39.027676535Z","provenance":[{"source":"GitHub Advisory Database","url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-x3mg-q38v-m562","fetched_at":"2026-10-23T18:42:43.628194Z","source_modified_at":"2026-10-07T18:05:33Z"},{"source":"CVE List","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-105680","fetched_at":"2026-10-23T18:45:31.882637Z","source_modified_at":"2026-10-06T16:51:07.157Z"},{"source":"OSV","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-x3mg-q38v-m562","fetched_at":"2026-10-23T18:42:43.628194Z","source_modified_at":"2026-10-13T08:25:39.027676535Z"},{"source":"EPSS","url":"https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2026-105680","fetched_at":"2026-10-23T18:42:43.628194Z","source_modified_at":"2026-10-23"}],"sources":["GitHub Advisory Database","CVE List","OSV","EPSS"],"references":[{"source":"CVE List","url":"https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/security/advisories/GHSA-x3mg-q38v-m562","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-105680","source":"GitHub Advisory Database"},{"source":"CVE List","url":"https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/issues/30283","tags":["x_refsource_MISC"]},{"source":"CVE List","url":"https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/commit/cf2f718a67faa342c27989b701554ddd63862165","tags":["x_refsource_MISC"]},{"source":"CVE List","url":"https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/releases/tag/v6.60.0","tags":["x_refsource_MISC"]},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-x3mg-q38v-m562","source":"GitHub Advisory Database"}],"locations":[],"motoko_assessment":{"status":"requires_architecture_review","automatic_remediation":false},"cve_state":"PUBLISHED","ssvc":{"exploitation":"none","automatable":"no","technical_impact":"partial","assessed_at":"2026-10-06T16:50:23.671868Z"},"classification":{"method":"product-first software-layer rules","rules_version":"2.1","matched_on":"product","confidence":"heuristic","reviewed":false},"change_timestamp":"2026-10-13T08:25:39.027676535Z","content_hash":"3cd21d40463782009f78475be22374a56ab7c62d6a4663fe1081ff830f603fd1"}}