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Ghost: Authorization Issue Allowed Author Role to Delete any Post

Type: advisorySources: OSV

### Impact Staff with the Author role could delete posts and pages that they did not author. ### Vulnerable versions This vulnerability is present in Ghost from v5.81.0 up to v6.60.0. ### Patches v6.60.0 contains a fix for this issue. ### How to update For 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). If your Ghost is a Ghost-CLI install see our documentation on [updating it to the latest version here](https://docs.ghost.org/update). ### References Ghost 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. ### For more information If you have any questions or comments about this advisory, email us at [security@ghost.org](mailto:security@ghost.org).

Products
ghost
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
6.60.0
CVEs
CVE-2026-105680
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
30 Oct 2026, 09:01 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

Ghost: Authorization Issue Allowed Author Role to Delete any Post

core-osv · Original source

Published 7 Oct 2026, 18:05 UTC

### Impact Staff with the Author role could delete posts and pages that they did not author. ### Vulnerable versions This vulnerability is present in Ghost from v5.81.0 up to v6.60.0. ### Patches v6.60.0 contains a fix for this issue. ### How to update For 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). If your Ghost is a Ghost-CLI install see our documentation on [updating it to the latest version here](https://docs.ghost.org/update). ### References Ghost 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. ### For more information If you have any questions or comments about this advisory, email us at [security@ghost.org](mailto:security@ghost.org).

osv:GHSA-x3mg-q38v-m562

ghost

Fixed versions: 6.60.0

Complete source record
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