Vulnerability GHSA-83rp-q473-j88c

Low Risk
LOW RISK
CVSS Score: 3.8
Score Range: < 4.0
Low severity vulnerabilities (CVSS < 4.0). Hygiene issues that can accumulate but pose lower immediate risk.
2 hours ago
October 07, 2026 at 04:17 PM UTC
Ghost: Path Traversal Vulnerability in Ghost ImageSize Service
6.14.0 - 6.26.0
6.14.0 - 6.26.0

Summary

Ghost: Path Traversal Vulnerability in Ghost ImageSize Service

Details

Impact

An input validation issue may have allowed staff users to access local files outside the intended data storage directories on the server.

Vulnerable versions

This vulnerability is present in Ghost from v6.14.0 up to v6.27.0.

Patches

v6.27.0 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 l3tchupkt and [email protected] 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 04:17 PM UTC
Fixed (6.27.0)
6 months ago
April 08, 2026 at 10:47 AM UTC
Last Modified
2 hours ago
October 07, 2026 at 04:30 PM UTC