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Ghost: Server-Side Request Forgery Mitigation Issue

Type: advisorySources: OSV

Ghost is a Node.js content management system. From 6.26.0 until 6.54.1, a validation issue allowed some functionality, such as Webmentions, to be abused by an unauthenticated user to make limited HTTP requests to hosts in the Ghost server's internal network. A successful attack would not result in any response data being returned. This vulnerability is fixed in 6.54.1.

Products
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Affected versions
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Fixed versions
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CVEs
CVE-2026-70595
Confirmed fixed CVEs
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Updated in this feed
3 Nov 2026, 02:59 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

Ghost: Server-Side Request Forgery Mitigation Issue

core-osv · Original source

Published 5 Aug 2026, 14:37 UTC

Ghost is a Node.js content management system. From 6.26.0 until 6.54.1, a validation issue allowed some functionality, such as Webmentions, to be abused by an unauthenticated user to make limited HTTP requests to hosts in the Ghost server's internal network. A successful attack would not result in any response data being returned. This vulnerability is fixed in 6.54.1.

osv:CVE-2026-70595
Complete source record
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