Vulnerability · Published Oct 5, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

CVE-2026-105676Ghost: Path Traversal via Locale Setting

Medium 4.9

In plain English

A medium-severity path traversal in Ghost from TryGhost. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 35% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.9Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 65.2% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Ghost is a Node.js content management system. From 1.20.0 until 6.64.0, a 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. This issue is fixed in version 6.64.0.

Affected packages & fixed versions

Ecosystem	Package	Fixed in	Advisory
npm	ghost	6.64.0	GHSA-m382-6jw4-fmp6

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
TryGhost	Ghost	>= 1.20.0, < 6.64.0

Weakness: CWE-22, CWE-73 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

References

https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/security/advisories/GHSA-m382-6jw4-fmp6 x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/issues/30635 x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/commit/d2f498694be549074dd5817fd0e8a1371b65df02 x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/releases/tag/v6.64.0 x_refsource_MISC