High

Ghost: Invite Token Disclosure in Ghost Admin API

  • Disclosed: 07.10.2026
  • Updated: 13.10.2026 11:17

Impact

Staff users with permission to view staff invites were able to discover the secret token of pending invites, including invites for roles with higher privileges than their own. This could allow a staff user to escalate their privileges by accepting a pending invite.

Vulnerable versions

This vulnerability is present in Ghost from v4.39.0 up to v6.64.0.

Patches

v6.64.0 contains a fix for this issue.

How to update

For self-hosters using Docker, find Docker's official Ghost image here. Updating a Docker-based Ghost instance is documented here.

If your Ghost is a Ghost-CLI install see our documentation on updating it to the latest version here.

References

Ghost thanks CoryRoo, Pedro Pinho, and Nhat Anh Vu for disclosing this vulnerability responsibly.

For more information

If you have any questions or comments about this advisory, email us at security@ghost.org.

Affected software

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
npm package ghost >= 4.39.0, < 6.64.0 6.64.0

References

CVSS score 7.5/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-203, CWE-943
Platform
npm
Package
ghost
Disclosed
07.10.2026
Updated
13.10.2026 11:17

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-v6q3-xqxm-6f5v - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: ghost

All published vulnerabilities of this package (npm package), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.

All (61) in the archive
Total entries
61
First → latest
04.2021 10.2026
Without a fix
3
Exploited in attacks
0

Severity breakdown

  • Critical 4
  • High 16
  • Medium 38
  • Low 3

Disclosures per year

  1. 2021: 5
  2. 2022: 4
  3. 2023: 3
  4. 2024: 3
  5. 2025: 1
  6. 2026: 45
Severity:
  1. High · 8.8 CVE-2026-105642 >= 6.56.0, < 6.67.0 6.67.0
  2. High · 7.3 CVE-2026-105643 >= 6.34.0, < 6.67.0 6.67.0
  3. High · 7.3 CVE-2026-105649 >= 4.22.0, < 6.65.0 6.65.0
  4. High · 8.1 CVE-2026-104414 >= 2.5.0, < 6.64.0 6.64.0
  5. High · 7.3 CVE-2026-104413 >= 5.94.0, < 6.64.0 6.64.0
  6. Ghost: Invite Token Disclosure in Ghost Admin API this entry
    High · 7.5 CVE-2026-104416 >= 4.39.0, < 6.64.0 6.64.0
  7. High · 7.2 CVE-2026-104418 >= 6.10.3, < 6.64.0 6.64.0
  8. High · 7.3 CVE-2026-104411 >= 6.22.1, < 6.64.0 6.64.0
  9. Critical · 9.6 CVE-2026-53943 >= 4.0.0, < 6.37.0 6.37.0
  10. High · 7.5 CVE-2026-29784 >= 5.101.6, < 6.19.3 6.19.3
  11. High · 7.6 CVE-2026-29053 >= 0.7.2, < 6.19.1 6.19.1
  12. Critical · 9.4 CVE-2026-26980 >= 3.24.0, < 6.19.1 6.19.1
  13. High · 8.8 CVE-2026-24778 >= 5.43.0, < 5.121.0, >= 6.0.0, < 6.15.0 5.121.0, 6.15.0
  14. High · 8.1 CVE-2026-22595 >= 6.0.0, < 6.11.0, >= 5.105.0, < 5.130.6 6.11.0, 5.130.6
  15. High · 8.1 CVE-2026-22594 >= 6.0.0, < 6.11.0, >= 5.105.0, < 5.130.6 6.11.0, 5.130.6
  16. High · 7.5 CVE-2023-32235 < 5.42.1 5.42.1
  17. High · 7.5 CVE-2023-31133 < 5.46.1 5.46.1
  18. High · 8.5 CVE-2022-41654 >= 5.0.0, < 5.22.7, >= 4.46.0, < 4.48.8 5.22.7, 4.48.8
  19. Critical · 9.8 CVE-2022-27139 <= 4.39.0 no fix
  20. Critical · 9.8 CVE-2022-28397 <= 4.42.0 no fix

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