CVE-2026-22595 HIGH

CVE-2026-22595: Ghost has Staff Token permission bypass

Vendor Tryghost
Product Ghost
Weakness CWE-863 · Incorrect authorization
Published January 10, 2026
Last update January 12, 2026

CVSS base score

8.1/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality None
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Ghost is a Node.js content management system. In versions 5.121.0 through 5.130.5 and 6.0.0 through 6.10.3, a vulnerability in Ghost's handling of Staff Token authentication allowed certain endpoints to be accessed that were only intended to be accessible via Staff Session authentication. External systems that have been authenticated via Staff Tokens for Admin/Owner-role users would have had access to these endpoints. This issue has been patched in versions 5.130.6 and 6.11.0.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

January 10, 2026 CVE published
January 12, 2026 Record updated