Medium 6.6Published Aug 4, 2026

CVE-2026-70593Ghost: Theme Upload Path Traversal

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 26, 2026, 5:30 PM ET)

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Exploited in the last 30 days

Ghost is a Node.js content management system. From 0.10.0 until 6.54.1, a vulnerability in custom themes allowed a staff user to write files outside of the uploads directory. This could be used to alter the behavior of the installation through custom theme upload path traversal in LocalStorageBase and theme storage name handling. This issue is fixed in version 6.54.1.

CVSS: 6.6 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:L
Weakness (CWE): CWE-22
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: GitHub_M
NVD analysis: Deferred
Record last updated: Aug 5, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

TryGhost Ghost tryghost:ghost (from the name)	from 0.10.0, < 6.54.1	CNA record

References

References

https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/security/advisories/GHSA-cjc9-q5gf-327p	x-refsource-confirm
https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/commit/fbaa92327e52607036a1e42204c9eadcc751d82c	x-refsource-misc
https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/releases/tag/v6.54.1	x-refsource-misc

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