Ghost 3.23.0 before 6.23.0 API Key Exposure via Admin API

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  "id": "970177f6cfa72756116a8d9431888203b607a184c3ab56b2ea80487f55803bb0",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/BIT-ghost-2026-103281",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "Ghost 3.23.0 before 6.23.0 API Key Exposure via Admin API",
    "summary": "Ghost (npm package 'ghost') versions from 3.23.0 up to, but not including, 6.23.0 expose API keys to users with low-privilege staff accounts. An authenticated low-privilege staff user can read API keys returned by the Admin API, which are intended to be available only to higher-privileged users.",
    "evidence": "osv:BIT-ghost-2026-103281",
    "products": [
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "ghost",
          "evidence": "/affected/0/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "6.23.0",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/ranges"
          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": []
      }
    ],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "BIT-ghost-2026-103281",
      "aliases": [
        "BIT-ghost-2026-103281",
        "CVE-2026-103281",
        "GHSA-q98w-jm4q-wch7"
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "type": "SEMVER",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "3.23.0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "6.23.0"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "ghost",
            "purl": "pkg:bitnami/ghost",
            "ecosystem": "Bitnami"
          },
          "severity": [
            {
              "type": "CVSS_V4",
              "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X"
            }
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://github.com/bitnami/vulndb/tree/main/data/ghost/BIT-ghost-2026-103281.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-09T12:10:58.858610928Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/security/advisories/GHSA-q98w-jm4q-wch7",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-103281",
        "https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/ghost-3.23.0-before-6.23.0-api-key-exposure-via-admin-api"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "cpes": [
          "cpe:2.3:a:ghost:ghost:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*"
        ],
        "severity": "Medium"
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2026-103281",
        "evidence": "/aliases"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/database_specific/severity"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 120755,
  "published_at": "2026-10-09T10:44:59.84+00:00"
}