6.6

CVE-2026-70593: tryghost ghost Path Traversal

CVSS: 6.6v3.1MediumDeferred
AliasesGHSA-cjc9-q5gf-327pBIT-ghost-2026-70593
Published 04-08-2026Last modified 05-08-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-70593 is a medium (CVSS 6.6) Path Traversal vulnerability in tryghost ghost. EPSS estimates a 0.41% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 34.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
26/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.6/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.41%
0%100%
Low · +0.12 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known 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. From 0.10.0 until 6.54.1, a vulnerability in custom themes allowed a staff user to write files outside of the uploads directory. This could be used to alter the behavior of the installation through custom theme upload path traversal in LocalStorageBase and theme storage name handling. This issue is fixed in version 6.54.1.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.41%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

34%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.12 pp

From 0.29% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.41%

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≥ 0.10.0, < 6.54.1
Tryghost1 product
  • ghost≥ 0.10.0, < 6.54.1

2 vendors · 2 products

References

4 links