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CVE-2026-105645BIT-ghost-2026-105645GHSA-9m4w-fmjw-fvjq

Ghost: Regular Expression Denial of Service in External Media Inliner

TryGhost ghostnpmApplications & CMS
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CVSS
4.9Medium
ExploitationNo known exploitationNot in CISA KEV, which does not prove it is unexploitedCISA KEV
Exploit odds (EPSS)0.33%Chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, higher than 24% of CVEs. Scored 23 Oct 2026FIRST EPSS
Fixed in6.67.0Fixed versionGitHub
Published5 Oct 2026Updated 13 Oct 2026CVE List

What fixes it

  • 6.67.0ghost, npmGitHubnpm install ghost@6.67.0

A fixed version on one release line is not the upgrade target for every line. Check your exact version and any vendor backports.

Description

Impact

A crafted request to the external media inliner could cause excessive CPU usage, making the Ghost server unresponsive. Exploiting this requires Administrator access.

Vulnerable versions

This vulnerability is present in Ghost from v5.37.0 up to v6.65.0.

Patches

v6.67.0 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 ka3n1x for disclosing this vulnerability responsibly.

For more information

If you have any questions or comments about this advisory, email us at [security@ghost.org](mailto:security@ghost.org).

Text from GitHub Advisory Database

Affected versions 3

  • ghost, npm>= 5.37.0, < 6.67.0GitHub
  • Ghostaffected: >= 5.37.0, < 6.67.0CVE List
  • ghost, npmfrom 5.37.0, fixed in 6.67.0OSV

References 7