{"id":"CVE-2026-105680","aliases":["BIT-ghost-2026-105680","EUVD-2026-92771","GHSA-x3mg-q38v-m562"],"status":"published","title":"Ghost: Authorization Issue Allowed Author Role to Delete any Post","description":"Ghost is a Node.js content management system. From 5.81.0 until 6.60.0, staff with the Author role could delete posts and pages that they did not author. This issue is fixed in version 6.60.0.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":6.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","level":"medium","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-12","score":0.00273,"percentile":0.19948,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":true},"cwes":["CWE-862"],"published":"2026-10-05T19:24:51Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:30:21Z","fixes":[{"ecosystem":"npm","package":"ghost","fixed_in":["6.60.0"],"sources":["ghsa","osv"]},{"ecosystem":"Bitnami","package":"ghost","fixed_in":["6.60.0"],"sources":["osv"]}],"affected":[{"source":"ghsa","ecosystem":"npm","package":"ghost","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"5.81.0"},{"fixed":"6.60.0"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Bitnami","package":"ghost","ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"5.81.0"},{"fixed":"6.60.0"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"npm","package":"ghost","ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"5.81.0"},{"fixed":"6.60.0"}]}]}],"products":[{"vendor":"tryghost","product":"ghost"}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/security/advisories/GHSA-x3mg-q38v-m562","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","web","advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/issues/30283","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","web","report"]},{"url":"https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/commit/cf2f718a67faa342c27989b701554ddd63862165","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","web","fix"]},{"url":"https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/releases/tag/v6.60.0","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","web"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-105680","tags":["web","advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-x3mg-q38v-m562"},{"url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/105xxx/CVE-2026-105680.json","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost","tags":["package"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2026-105680","title":"Ghost: Authorization Issue Allowed Author Role to Delete any Post","description":"Ghost is a Node.js content management system. From 5.81.0 until 6.60.0, staff with the Author role could delete posts and pages that they did not author. This issue is fixed in version 6.60.0.","status":"published","published":"2026-10-05T19:24:51.756Z","modified":"2026-10-06T16:51:07.157Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":6.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","level":"medium","assessor":"cna"}],"cwes":["CWE-862"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:19:56.755658Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2026-92771","description":"Ghost is a Node.js content management system. From 5.81.0 until 6.60.0, staff with the Author role could delete posts and pages that they did not author. 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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 Ethan Wilkins of Armadin, [Mihir Shishulkar](https://hackerone.com/mihir1011), [Jan Kahmen](https://github.com/kah-ja) of [TuringPoint](https://www.turingpoint.de), and [Hao Long](https://github.com/imlonghao) 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).","status":"published","published":"2026-10-07T18:05:32Z","modified":"2026-10-07T18:05:33Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":6.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","level":"medium"}],"cwes":["CWE-862"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:41:28.013673Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2026-105680","description":"Ghost is a Node.js content management system. From 5.81.0 until 6.60.0, staff with the Author role could delete posts and pages that they did not author. This issue is fixed in version 6.60.0.","status":"published","published":"2026-10-05T20:17:15.903Z","modified":"2026-10-06T17:17:18.247Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":6.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","level":"medium","assessor":"secondary"}],"cwes":["CWE-862"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:12:54.129949Z"}],"osv":[{"id":"CVE-2026-105680","title":"Ghost: Authorization Issue Allowed Author Role to Delete any Post","description":"Ghost is a Node.js content management system. From 5.81.0 until 6.60.0, staff with the Author role could delete posts and pages that they did not author. This issue is fixed in version 6.60.0.","status":"published","published":"2026-10-05T19:24:51.756Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:30:21.056232531Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":6.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","level":"medium"}],"cwes":["CWE-862"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:44:54.583213Z"},{"id":"GHSA-x3mg-q38v-m562","title":"Ghost: Authorization Issue Allowed Author Role to Delete any Post","description":"### Impact\n\nStaff with the Author role could delete posts and pages that they did not author.\n\n### Vulnerable versions\n\nThis vulnerability is present in Ghost from v5.81.0 up to v6.60.0.\n\n### Patches\n\nv6.60.0 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 Ethan Wilkins of Armadin, [Mihir Shishulkar](https://hackerone.com/mihir1011), [Jan Kahmen](https://github.com/kah-ja) of [TuringPoint](https://www.turingpoint.de), and [Hao Long](https://github.com/imlonghao) 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).","status":"published","published":"2026-10-07T18:05:32Z","modified":"2026-10-13T08:25:39.027676535Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":6.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","level":"medium"}],"cwes":["CWE-862"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:46:59.484835Z"},{"id":"BIT-ghost-2026-105680","title":"Ghost: Authorization Issue Allowed Author Role to Delete any Post","description":"Ghost is a Node.js content management system. From 5.81.0 until 6.60.0, staff with the Author role could delete posts and pages that they did not author. This issue is fixed in version 6.60.0.","status":"published","published":"2026-10-13T06:50:32.698Z","modified":"2026-10-13T08:25:39.027676535Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:28:29.999658Z"}]}}