CVE-2026-105678

Ghost: Editors Could Promote Staff Users to Their Own Role

Published Oct 5, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 4.3 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
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.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-4pvx-fwjj-8gpc Ghost: Editors Could Promote Staff Users to Their Own Role
History
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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Ghost
Ghost ghost
Vendors & Products Ghost
Ghost ghost
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Description 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.
Title Ghost: Editors Could Promote Staff Users to Their Own Role
Weaknesses CWE-269
CWE-863
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
Oct 7, 2026, 9:44 PM
Reserved
Oct 5, 2026, 5:48 PM
Status
Deferred
Published
Oct 5, 2026, 8:17 PM
Modified
Oct 7, 2026, 10:17 PM