# CVE-2026-105652: Ghost: Password Hash Ordering Disclosure in Ghost Admin API

- Also known as: GHSA-53VV-XM9F-MM82, BIT-GHOST-2026-104415, BIT-GHOST-2026-105652
- Severity: CVSS 3.1 (Low), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.64.0
- Published: 2026-10-05 · Updated: 2026-10-05

## Affected

- TryGhost Ghost: from 0.7.2, fixed in 6.64.0
- ghost (Bitnami): from 0.7.2, fixed in 6.64.0
- ghost (npm): from 0.7.2, fixed in 6.64.0

## Description

Ghost is a Node.js content management system. From 0.7.2 until 6.64.0, any staff-level user was able to determine the relative ordering of other staff users' hashed passwords. This does not directly disclose password hashes, and does not provide a practical path to recovering a password. This issue is fixed in version 6.64.0.

## 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.
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## Related

- [CVE-2026-104415](https://cve.now/CVE-2026-104415.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-53vv-xm9f-mm82
- https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/pull/30760
- https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/commit/4fb587e4d49667f929b87f7d6a873ae5e9cc087f
- https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/releases/tag/v6.64.0

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