CVE-2026-70594

Ghost: Session Fixation in Ghost Admin

Published: Aug 4, 2026Updated: Sep 8, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-384

6.7MEDIUM

Description

Ghost is a Node.js content management system. From 2.2.0 until 6.54.1, Ghost Admin did not invalidate existing sessions on login which could have allowed for session fixation attacks. Successful exploitation would have required another vulnerability on the same domain where Ghost Admin was hosted. This issue is fixed in version 6.54.1.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:AAttack Vector

Adjacent

AC:HAttack Complexity

High

PR:NPrivileges Required

None

UI:RUser Interaction

Required

Scope

S:UScope

Unchanged

Impact

C:HConfidentiality

High

I:HIntegrity

High

A:LAvailability

Low

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Weaknesses

CWE-384

Affected Products

TryGhost

commercialaka express-hbs, ghost

GhostSaaS

Web & CMS Plugins / cms-core

Exploitability

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques

Defense Evasion

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References

https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/security/advisories/GHSA-7mpp-r37j-x5wh

github.com

https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/pull/29634

github.com

https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/commit/6b1c85c30dd0bacb4d5ffe64fc675ac9342d800c

github.com

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