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

CVE-2026-105652 · Severity: low · CVSS 3.1 · Published 2026-10-05

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.

Technologies: ghost (npm). Vendors: npm.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2026-105652 exploited in the wild?
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-105652 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2026-105652?
Low severity, with a CVSS score of 3.1, published 5 October 2026.
Which products and versions are affected?
ghost (npm) >= 0.7.2, < 6.64.0.
Is there a fix for CVE-2026-105652?
No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.
Am I affected by CVE-2026-105652?
Check whether you run ghost (npm) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

Affected products

  • ghost (npm) >= 0.7.2, < 6.64.0

Identifiers

  • CVE-2026-105652
  • GHSA-53vv-xm9f-mm82

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