{"id":"GHSA-x3mg-q38v-m562","summary":"Ghost: Authorization Issue Allowed Author Role to Delete any Post","details":"### Impact\n\nStaff with the Author role could delete posts and pages that they did not author.\n\n### Vulnerable versions\n\nThis vulnerability is present in Ghost from v5.81.0 up to v6.60.0.\n\n### Patches\n\nv6.60.0 contains a fix for this issue.\n\n### How to update\n\nFor 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). \n\nIf your Ghost is a Ghost-CLI install see our documentation on [updating it to the latest version here](https://docs.ghost.org/update). \n\n\n### References\n\nGhost 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.\n\n### For more information\n\nIf you have any questions or comments about this advisory, email us at [security@ghost.org](mailto:security@ghost.org).","aliases":["CVE-2026-105680"],"modified":"2026-10-07T18:15:11.171267201Z","published":"2026-10-07T18:05:32Z","database_specific":{"nvd_published_at":"2026-10-05T20:17:15Z","cwe_ids":["CWE-862"],"severity":"MODERATE","github_reviewed":true,"github_reviewed_at":"2026-10-07T18:05:32Z"},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/security/advisories/GHSA-x3mg-q38v-m562"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-105680"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/issues/30283"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/commit/cf2f718a67faa342c27989b701554ddd63862165"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/releases/tag/v6.60.0"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"ghost","ecosystem":"npm","purl":"pkg:npm/ghost"},"ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"5.81.0"},{"fixed":"6.60.0"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/10/GHSA-x3mg-q38v-m562/GHSA-x3mg-q38v-m562.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"}]}