CVE-2026-22595
Ghost has Staff Token permission bypass
8.1
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.49%
Description
Ghost is a Node.js content management system. In versions 5.121.0 through 5.130.5 and 6.0.0 through 6.10.3, a vulnerability in Ghost's handling of Staff Token authentication allowed certain endpoints to be accessed that were only intended to be accessible via Staff Session authentication. External systems that have been authenticated via Staff Tokens for Admin/Owner-role users would have had access to these endpoints. This issue has been patched in versions 5.130.6 and 6.11.0.
How to fix CVE-2026-22595
To remediate CVE-2026-22595, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 5.130.6 or later
- —upgrade to 6.11.0 or later
Is CVE-2026-22595 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.5%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- >= 5.121.0, < 5.130.6, >= 6.0.0, < 6.11.0
- >= 6.0.0, < 6.11.0
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH8.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H |