4.8

CVE-2026-70590: Ghost: Blind Password Hash Disclosure in Ghost Admin API

Deferred
AliasesGHSA-jm22-3w23-5q7wBIT-ghost-2026-70590
Published 04-08-2026Last modified 05-08-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-70590 is a medium (CVSS 4.8) vulnerability in tryghost ghost. EPSS estimates a 0.32% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 24.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
19/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
4.8/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.32%
0%100%
Low · +0.13 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 04-08-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Ghost is a Node.js content management system. Prior to 6.54.1, any staff-level user was able to leak the hashed passwords of other staff users through the Ghost Admin API. An offline password-guessing attack against the hashes could lead to account takeover if successful, but Device Verification should have prevented an attacker from logging in with a recovered password. Depending on the database used, leaked hashes may not have had the correct casing for all characters, increasing the difficulty of a password-guessing attack. This issue is fixed in version 6.54.1.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.32%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

24%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Increase +0.13 pp

From 0.19% on 22-09-2026

22-09-202622-10-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Npm1 product
  • ghost< 6.54.1
Tryghost1 product

2 vendors · 2 products

References

5 links