{"schema":"threatline.record/2","record":{"id":"CVE-2026-105681","aliases":["BIT-ghost-2026-103289","BIT-ghost-2026-105681","CVE-2026-103289","GHSA-6q6j-f24j-p477"],"summary":"Ghost: Authorization Bypass in Comments Feature","details":"### Impact\n\nAn input validation issue allowed members to access comments they were not authorized to access.\n\n### Vulnerable versions\n\nThis vulnerability is present in Ghost from v5.9.0 up to v6.44.1.\n\n### Patches\n\nv6.44.1 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 [Himanshu Anand](https://github.com/unknownhad) ([@anand_himanshu](https://twitter.com/anand_himanshu)) 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-6q6j-f24j-p477","source_modified_at":"2026-10-07T16:18:00Z","fetched_at":"2026-10-23T18:42:43.628194Z","package":{"ecosystem":"npm","name":"ghost"},"range":">= 5.9.0, < 6.44.1"},{"source":"CVE List","source_url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-105681","source_modified_at":"2026-10-06T14:51:00.582Z","fetched_at":"2026-10-23T18:45:31.882637Z","product":"Ghost","vendor":"TryGhost","versions":[{"version":">= 5.9.0, < 6.44.1","status":"affected"}],"defaultStatus":null},{"source":"OSV","source_url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-6q6j-f24j-p477","source_modified_at":"2026-10-13T08:25:39.115282662Z","fetched_at":"2026-10-23T18:42:43.628194Z","package":{"ecosystem":"npm","name":"ghost","purl":"pkg:npm/ghost"},"ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"5.9.0"},{"fixed":"6.44.1"}],"type":"SEMVER"}],"versions":[]}],"fixed_versions":[{"source":"GitHub Advisory Database","source_url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6q6j-f24j-p477","source_modified_at":"2026-10-07T16:18:00Z","fetched_at":"2026-10-23T18:42:43.628194Z","package":{"ecosystem":"npm","name":"ghost"},"version":"6.44.1"},{"source":"OSV","source_url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-6q6j-f24j-p477","source_modified_at":"2026-10-13T08:25:39.115282662Z","fetched_at":"2026-10-23T18:42:43.628194Z","package":{"ecosystem":"npm","name":"ghost","purl":"pkg:npm/ghost"},"version":"6.44.1"}],"cvss":6.5,"severity":"Medium","kev":{"listed":false},"epss":{"probability":0.0026,"percentile":0.1676,"score_date":"2026-10-23"},"published_at":"2026-10-05T19:27:11.677Z","modified_at":"2026-10-13T08:25:39.115282662Z","provenance":[{"source":"GitHub Advisory Database","url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6q6j-f24j-p477","fetched_at":"2026-10-23T18:42:43.628194Z","source_modified_at":"2026-10-07T16:18:00Z"},{"source":"CVE List","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-105681","fetched_at":"2026-10-23T18:45:31.882637Z","source_modified_at":"2026-10-06T14:51:00.582Z"},{"source":"OSV","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-6q6j-f24j-p477","fetched_at":"2026-10-23T18:42:43.628194Z","source_modified_at":"2026-10-13T08:25:39.115282662Z"},{"source":"EPSS","url":"https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2026-105681","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-6q6j-f24j-p477","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-105681","source":"GitHub Advisory Database"},{"source":"CVE List","url":"https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/pull/28297","tags":["x_refsource_MISC"]},{"source":"CVE List","url":"https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/commit/405c2623ff9060295d4a87d3a0eb4ef766c8d2d3","tags":["x_refsource_MISC"]},{"source":"CVE List","url":"https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/releases/tag/v6.44.1","tags":["x_refsource_MISC"]},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6q6j-f24j-p477","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":"2026-10-06T14:34:16.346874Z"},"classification":{"method":"product-first software-layer rules","rules_version":"2.1","matched_on":"product","confidence":"heuristic","reviewed":false},"change_timestamp":"2026-10-13T08:25:39.115282662Z","content_hash":"b9e0d971204be630168b240e919c4d668473e2f7c4324d968dbd7411de5c58b7"}}