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CVE-2026-70592: Ghost: Database Backup Path Traversal

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-08-04 · updated 2026-10-24
• Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Ghost is a Node.js content management system. From 1.20.1 until 6.54.1, an Administrator-level user could remotely overwrite certain files on the filesystem through the database backup filename, leading to integrity and availability issues. The database export endpoint failed to reject path separators in the caller-supplied filename. This issue is fixed in version 6.54.1.

Affected products

• TryGhost Ghost: from 1.20.1, < 6.54.1

References

• https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/commit/f466c300191a609ed36c8d7c5d1e33ccd440786b
• https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/releases/tag/v6.54.1
• https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/security/advisories/GHSA-cj62-hvv2-2q5h

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