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CVE-2026-105678 json

Ghost: Editors Could Promote Staff Users to Their Own Role

published last mo. modified last mo. also EUVD-2026-92769

cvss
4.3
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.2%
EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 9%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Ghost is a Node.js content management system. From 0.5.0 until 6.64.0, staff users with the Editor or Super Editor role were able to assign their own role to Author and Contributor users, despite not having permission to assign that role. This issue is fixed in version 6.64.0.

Patch / fix

  • ghost ghost 6.64.0

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
last mo.

Exploit prediction

0.20% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 9% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 4.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Affected products

  • TryGhost Ghost

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management
  • CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization

References

Sources

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