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CVE CVE-2026-70596

CVE-2026-70596

Node.js

Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS: 4.3CVSS
Published: 2026-08-05
Last modified: 2026-08-05
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CWE: CWE-79

Description

Ghost is a Node.js content management system. From 4.9.0 until 6.54.1, an input validation issue allowed any staff user to create a post with content in feature_image_caption that could be used to hijack another staff user's Ghost Admin session, resulting in privilege escalation. This issue is fixed in 6.54.1.

References

https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/commit/a8bea3a4ceec4c852b880f4885119453c3d8588e
https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/pull/29635
https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/releases/tag/v6.54.1
https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/security/advisories/GHSA-pr22-p9rp-2cqv

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