{"schema_version":"1.9.0","id":"GHSA-m382-6jw4-fmp6","published":"2026-10-07T20:26:14Z","modified":"2026-10-07T20:30:04.833502736Z","aliases":["CVE-2026-104417","CVE-2026-105676"],"summary":"Ghost: Path Traversal via Locale Setting","details":"### Impact\n\nA vulnerability in how Ghost loads theme translation files allowed an authenticated Administrator to read JSON files outside of the active theme's directory, potentially exposing server configuration secrets.\n\n### Vulnerable versions\n\nThis vulnerability is present in Ghost from v1.20.0 up to v6.64.0.\n\n### Patches\n\nv6.64.0 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### References\n\nGhost thanks Miguel Segovia Gil of KPMG and [Nguyễn Quốc Đồng](https://github.com/DONG2209) for disclosing this vulnerability responsibly.\n\n### For more information\n\nIf you have any questions or comments about this advisory, email us at [security@ghost.org](mailto:security@ghost.org).","affected":[{"package":{"name":"ghost","ecosystem":"npm","purl":"pkg:npm/ghost"},"ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"1.20.0"},{"fixed":"6.64.0"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/10/GHSA-m382-6jw4-fmp6/GHSA-m382-6jw4-fmp6.json"}}],"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/security/advisories/GHSA-m382-6jw4-fmp6"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-105676"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/issues/30635"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/pull/30635"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/commit/d2f498694be549074dd5817fd0e8a1371b65df02"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/releases/tag/v6.64.0"}],"database_specific":{"cwe_ids":["CWE-22","CWE-73"],"github_reviewed":true,"github_reviewed_at":"2026-10-07T20:26:14Z","nvd_published_at":"2026-10-05T20:17:14Z","severity":"MODERATE"},"severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"}]}