{"id":"CVE-2026-70592","aliases":["BIT-ghost-2026-70592","GHSA-cj62-hvv2-2q5h"],"url":"https://o3.security/vulnerability/CVE-2026-70592","summary":"Ghost: Database Backup Path Traversal","details":"### 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).","published":"2026-08-04T21:41:27.338Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:30:30.815157671Z","cvss":{"score":5.5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L"},"epss":null,"cisaKev":null,"exploitsKnown":null,"affectedPackages":[{"ecosystem":"npm","name":"ghost","fixedVersion":"6.54.1"}],"fix":{"url":"https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/commit/f466c300191a609ed36c8d7c5d1e33ccd440786b","label":"TryGhost/Ghost@f466c30"},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/releases/tag/v6.54.1"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/70xxx/CVE-2026-70592.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/security/advisories/GHSA-cj62-hvv2-2q5h"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-70592"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/commit/f466c300191a609ed36c8d7c5d1e33ccd440786b"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost"}],"provenance":{"sources":["OSV.dev","FIRST.org (EPSS)"],"lastVerified":"2026-10-28T02:30:30.815157671Z"}}