{"id":"GHSA-cj62-hvv2-2q5h","revision":"a4418159c485480fae26b1d685ddba4a","records":[{"revision":"a4418159c485480fae26b1d685ddba4a","observedAt":"2026-10-24T13:17:17.793+00:00","statement":{"source":"osv","id":"GHSA-cj62-hvv2-2q5h","aliases":["BIT-ghost-2026-70592","CVE-2026-70592"],"title":"Ghost: Database Backup Path Traversal","description":"### Impact\n\nAn Administrator-level user could remotely overwrite certain files on the filesystem leading to integrity and availability issues.\n\n### Vulnerable versions\n\nThis vulnerability is present in Ghost from 1.20.1 up to v6.54.0.\n\n### Patches\n\nv6.54.1 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### Workarounds\n\nIf upgrading immediately is not possible, set *disableJSBackups* to \"true\" by running:\n\n```sh\n$ ghost config set disableJSBackups true\n$ ghost restart\n```\n\n### References\n\nGhost thanks Jorian Woltjer of Aikido Security, Mitchell Benjamin of Revamp Studio, and meifukun for disclosing this vulnerability responsibly.\n\n### For more information\n\nIf you have any questions or comments about this advisory, email Ghost at [security@ghost.org](mailto:security@ghost.org).","state":0,"publishedAt":"2026-08-04T21:41:33+00:00","modifiedAt":"2026-08-17T08:10:29.6387641+00:00","affected":[{"ecosystem":"npm","name":"ghost","ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"kind":"introduced","version":"1.20.1"},{"kind":"fixed","version":"6.54.1"}]}],"versions":[],"rawVersionEvidence":null}],"metrics":[{"system":"CVSS_V3","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L","score":null,"severity":null},{"system":"Publisher rating","vector":null,"score":null,"severity":"MODERATE"}],"references":["https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/security/advisories/GHSA-cj62-hvv2-2q5h","https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/commit/f466c300191a609ed36c8d7c5d1e33ccd440786b","https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost","https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/releases/tag/v6.54.1"],"sourceUrl":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-cj62-hvv2-2q5h","license":"GitHub Advisory Database · CC-BY-4.0","key":"osv:GHSA-cj62-hvv2-2q5h","identifiers":["GHSA-cj62-hvv2-2q5h","BIT-ghost-2026-70592","CVE-2026-70592"]},"retained":false,"historicalAffected":[]}],"coverage":[]}