# CVE-2026-22594: Ghost has Staff 2FA bypass

- Also known as: GHSA-5FP7-G646-CCF4, BIT-GHOST-2026-22594
- Severity: CVSS 8.1 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 Metasploit module
- Fixed in: 6.11.0, 5.130.6
- Published: 2026-01-10 · Updated: 2026-01-12

## Affected

- TryGhost Ghost: from 6.0.0, fixed in 6.11.0; from 5.105.0, fixed in 5.130.6
- ghost (npm): from 6.0.0, fixed in 6.11.0
- ghost (npm): from 5.105.0, fixed in 5.130.6

## Description

Ghost is a Node.js content management system. In versions 5.105.0 through 5.130.5 and 6.0.0 through 6.10.3, a vulnerability in Ghost's 2FA mechanism allows staff users to skip email 2FA. This issue has been patched in versions 5.130.6 and 6.11.0.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on TryGhost Ghost, ghost, upgrade to a fixed version (6.11.0, 5.130.6) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/security/advisories/GHSA-5fp7-g646-ccf4
- https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/commit/b59f707f670e6f175b669977724ccf16c718430b
- https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/commit/fc7bc2fb0888513498154ec5cb4b21eccb88de07
- https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/multi/http/ghostcms_auth_rce_cve_2026_29053.rb

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