5.3

CVE-2026-53949: tryghost ghost

CVSS: 5.3v3.1MediumDeferred
AliasesGHSA-jx35-x7fj-vgprBIT-ghost-2026-53949
Published 24-06-2026Last modified 24-06-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-53949 is a medium (CVSS 5.3) vulnerability in tryghost ghost. EPSS estimates a 0.36% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 28.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
21/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.3/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.36%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 24-06-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 24-06-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Ghost is a Node.js content management system. From 5.46.1 until 6.21.2, the validation applied to filters on the public API endpoints could be partially bypassed, making it possible to reveal private fields via a brute force attack. If SQLite was used as the database password hashes were fully accessible. If MySQL was used as the database the password hashes' case (uppercase / lowercase) would have been lost, which would likely have rendered a further brute force attack on the discovered hashes fruitless. This vulnerability is fixed in 6.21.2.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.36%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

28%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.36% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.36%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Npm1 product
  • ghost≥ 5.46.1, < 6.21.2
Tryghost1 product
  • ghost≥ 5.46.1, < 6.21.2

2 vendors · 2 products

References

4 links