CVE-2026-22594: Ghost has Staff 2FA bypass

Severity: high (CVSS 8.1 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2026-01-10 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-287

Description

Ghost is a Node.js content management system. In versions 5.105.0 through 5.130.5 and 6.0.0 through 6.10.3, a vulnerability in Ghost's 2FA mechanism allows staff users to skip email 2FA. This issue has been patched in versions 5.130.6 and 6.11.0.

Affected products

TryGhost Ghost: from 5.105.0 before 5.130.6; from 6.0.0 before 6.11.0 — fixed in 5.130.6, 6.11.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: TryGhost Ghost 5.130.6, 6.11.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/commit/b59f707f670e6f175b669977724ccf16c718430b
https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/commit/fc7bc2fb0888513498154ec5cb4b21eccb88de07
https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/security/advisories/GHSA-5fp7-g646-ccf4

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