CVE-2026-70590

Description

Ghost is a Node.js content management system. Prior to 6.54.1, any staff-level user was able to leak the hashed passwords of other staff users through the Ghost Admin API. An offline password-guessing attack against the hashes could lead to account takeover if successful, but Device Verification should have prevented an attacker from logging in with a recovered password. Depending on the database used, leaked hashes may not have had the correct casing for all characters, increasing the difficulty of a password-guessing attack. This issue is fixed in version 6.54.1.

Overview

State: PUBLISHED
Assigner (CNA): GitHub_M
CVSS severity: MEDIUM
CVSS score: 4.8 / 10
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N
Effective score: 4.8 / 10 MEDIUM source: CNA overview
CWE(s): CWE-200
Reserved: 2026-08-04
Published: 2026-08-04 21:27 UTC
Last updated: 2026-08-04 21:27 UTC
Source: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/main/cves/2026/70xxx/CVE-2026-70590.json

Affected products (1)

Vendor	Product	Versions	Platforms
TryGhost	Ghost	`< 6.54.1` (affected)	—

Vendor references (4)

References embedded in the original CVE record by the assigning CNA.

https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/security/advisories/GHSA-jm22-3w23-5q7w x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/pull/29628 x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/commit/63c31fad7e473caa62d8fbb4651a04a2a62b5d00 x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/releases/tag/v6.54.1 x_refsource_MISC

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Raw JSON

The full cvelistV5 record. Download as CVE-2026-70590.json.

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            }
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        }
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          "lang": "en",
          "value": "Ghost is a Node.js content management system. Prior to 6.54.1, any staff-level user was able to leak the hashed passwords of other staff users through the Ghost Admin API. An offline password-guessing attack against the hashes could lead to account takeover if successful, but Device Verification should have prevented an attacker from logging in with a recovered password. Depending on the database used, leaked hashes may not have had the correct casing for all characters, increasing the difficulty of a password-guessing attack. This issue is fixed in version 6.54.1."
        }
      ],
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      "providerMetadata": {
        "dateUpdated": "2026-08-04T21:27:22.823Z",
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        },
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        },
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        "discovery": "UNKNOWN"
      },
      "title": "Ghost: Blind Password Hash Disclosure in Ghost Admin API"
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