CVE-2026-70591
Ghost: Server-Side Request Forgery in Image Fetching
Ghost is a Node.js content management system. From 0.10.0 until 6.54.1, a Server-Side Request Forgery in Ghost Admin image fetching allowed any staff-level user to perform a blind HTTP GET request against internal hosts. No output was returned, but this could have been used to probe open ports on internal hosts. This issue is fixed in version 6.54.1.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Ghost: Server-Side Request Forgery in Image Fetching
Ghost is a Node.js content management system. From 0.10.0 until 6.54.1, a Server-Side Request Forgery in Ghost Admin image fetching allowed any staff-level user to perform a blind HTTP GET request against internal hosts. No output was returned, but this could have been used to probe open ports on internal hosts. This issue is fixed in version 6.54.1.
- Record
CVE-2026-70591- CVSS 3.1
- 4.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-918
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2026-52973
Ghost is a Node.js content management system. From 0.10.0 until 6.54.1, a Server-Side Request Forgery in Ghost Admin image fetching allowed any staff-level user to perform a blind HTTP GET request against internal hosts. No output was returned, but this could have been used to probe open ports on internal hosts. This issue is fixed in version 6.54.1.
- Record
EUVD-2026-52973- CVSS 3.1
- 4.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-gcvv-72q8-9v76
Ghost: Server-Side Request Forgery in Image Fetching
Impact
A Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) in Ghost Admin allowed any staff-level user to perform a blind HTTP GET request against internal hosts. No output was returned, but this could have been used to probe open ports on internal hosts.
Vulnerable versions
This vulnerability is present in Ghost from v0.10.0 up to v6.54.0.
Patches
v6.54.1 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 Younghun Ko, vx77, and Miguel Segovia Gil for disclosing this vulnerability responsibly.
For more information
If you have any questions or comments about this advisory, email Ghost at [email protected].
- Record
GHSA-gcvv-72q8-9v76- CVSS 3.1
- 4.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-918
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Ghost is a Node.js content management system. From 0.10.0 until 6.54.1, a Server-Side Request Forgery in Ghost Admin image fetching allowed any staff-level user to perform a blind HTTP GET request against internal hosts. No output was returned, but this could have been used to probe open ports on internal hosts. This issue is fixed in version 6.54.1.
- Record
CVE-2026-70591- CVSS 3.1
- 4.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-918
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
Ghost: Server-Side Request Forgery in Image Fetching
Ghost is a Node.js content management system. From 0.10.0 until 6.54.1, a Server-Side Request Forgery in Ghost Admin image fetching allowed any staff-level user to perform a blind HTTP GET request against internal hosts. No output was returned, but this could have been used to probe open ports on internal hosts. This issue is fixed in version 6.54.1.
- Record
CVE-2026-70591- CVSS 3.1
- 4.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-918
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-gcvv-72q8-9v76
Ghost: Server-Side Request Forgery in Image Fetching
Impact
A Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) in Ghost Admin allowed any staff-level user to perform a blind HTTP GET request against internal hosts. No output was returned, but this could have been used to probe open ports on internal hosts.
Vulnerable versions
This vulnerability is present in Ghost from v0.10.0 up to v6.54.0.
Patches
v6.54.1 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 Younghun Ko, vx77, and Miguel Segovia Gil for disclosing this vulnerability responsibly.
For more information
If you have any questions or comments about this advisory, email Ghost at [email protected].
- Record
GHSA-gcvv-72q8-9v76- CVSS 3.1
- 4.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-918
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVBIT-ghost-2026-70591 No score
Ghost: Server-Side Request Forgery in Image Fetching
Ghost is a Node.js content management system. From 0.10.0 until 6.54.1, a Server-Side Request Forgery in Ghost Admin image fetching allowed any staff-level user to perform a blind HTTP GET request against internal hosts. No output was returned, but this could have been used to probe open ports on internal hosts. This issue is fixed in version 6.54.1.
- Record
BIT-ghost-2026-70591- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2026-70591 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.1) in Tryghost Ghost, published August 4, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.37%, the 30th percentile. Fixed in ghost 6.54.1.
References
github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/security/advisories/GHSA-gcvv-72q8-9v76
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-70591