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Ghost: Editors Could Promote Staff Users to Their Own Role

Type: advisorySources: OSV

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.

Products
ghost
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
6.64.0
CVEs
CVE-2026-104412, CVE-2026-105678
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
30 Oct 2026, 09:02 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

Ghost: Editors Could Promote Staff Users to Their Own Role

core-osv · Original source

Published 13 Oct 2026, 06:50 UTC

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.

osv:BIT-ghost-2026-105678

ghost

Fixed versions: 6.64.0

Complete source record
{
  "id": "83e1b4d4d1c804ead15cf79069ccccb0c90d83be852a5a8ce25214aca02c431c",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/BIT-ghost-2026-105678",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "Ghost: Editors Could Promote Staff Users to Their Own Role",
    "summary": "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:BIT-ghost-2026-105678",
    "products": [
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "ghost",
          "evidence": "/affected/0/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "6.64.0",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/ranges"
          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": []
      }
    ],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "BIT-ghost-2026-105678",
      "aliases": [
        "BIT-ghost-2026-104412",
        "BIT-ghost-2026-105678",
        "CVE-2026-104412",
        "CVE-2026-105678",
        "GHSA-4pvx-fwjj-8gpc"
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "type": "SEMVER",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0.5.0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "6.64.0"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "ghost",
            "purl": "pkg:bitnami/ghost",
            "ecosystem": "Bitnami"
          },
          "severity": [
            {
              "type": "CVSS_V3",
              "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N"
            }
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://github.com/bitnami/vulndb/tree/main/data/ghost/BIT-ghost-2026-105678.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-13T08:26:08.710190343Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/commit/99c5642b9bb481df4811a004a6f19d6143ed9aaf",
        "https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/issues/30764",
        "https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/releases/tag/v6.64.0",
        "https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/security/advisories/GHSA-4pvx-fwjj-8gpc",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-105678"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "cpes": [
          "cpe:2.3:a:ghost:ghost:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*"
        ],
        "severity": "Medium"
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2026-104412",
        "evidence": "/aliases"
      },
      {
        "value": "CVE-2026-105678",
        "evidence": "/aliases"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/database_specific/severity"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 307508,
  "published_at": "2026-10-13T06:50:29.575+00:00"
}