Vulnerability GHSA-6q6j-f24j-p477

Medium Risk
MEDIUM RISK
CVSS Score: 6.5
Score Range: 4.0–6.9
Medium severity vulnerabilities (CVSS 4.0–6.9). Important issues that meaningfully reduce security confidence.
2 hours ago
October 07, 2026 at 04:18 PM UTC
Ghost: Authorization Bypass in Comments Feature
5.9.0 - 6.44.0
5.9.0 - 6.44.0

Summary

Ghost: Authorization Bypass in Comments Feature

Details

Impact

An input validation issue allowed members to access comments they were not authorized to access.

Vulnerable versions

This vulnerability is present in Ghost from v5.9.0 up to v6.44.1.

Patches

v6.44.1 contains a fix for this issue.

How to update

For self-hosters using Docker, find Docker's official Ghost image here. Updating a Docker-based Ghost instance is documented here.

If your Ghost is a Ghost-CLI install see our documentation on updating it to the latest version here.

References

Ghost thanks Himanshu Anand ( @anand_himanshu) for disclosing this vulnerability responsibly.

For more information

If you have any questions or comments about this advisory, email us at [email protected].

Impacted packages

Timeline

Published
2 hours ago
October 07, 2026 at 04:18 PM UTC
Fixed (6.44.1)
4 months ago
June 05, 2026 at 04:35 PM UTC
Last Modified
2 hours ago
October 07, 2026 at 04:30 PM UTC