CVE-2026-70593

mediumCVSS 6.6covered by 1 sourcefirst seen 2026-08-04

Impact A vulnerability in custom themes allowed a staff user to write files outside of the uploads directory. This could be used to alter the behavior of the installation. Vulnerable versions This vulnerability is present in Ghost from v0.10.0 up to v6.54.0. Patches v6.54.1 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 Stephen Sims, Off By One Security for disclosing this vulnerability responsibly. For more information If you have any questions or comments about this advisory, email Ghost at security@ghost.org.

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mediumGHSA-cjc9-q5gf-327p: Ghost: Theme Upload Path Traversalghsa · 2026-08-04

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