Ghost: Authorization Issue Allowed Author Role to Delete any Post
### Impact Staff with the Author role could delete posts and pages that they did not author. ### Vulnerable versions This vulnerability is present in Ghost from v5.81.0 up to v6.60.0. ### Patches v6.60.0 contains a fix for this issue. ### How to update For self-hosters using Docker, find [Docker's official Ghost image here](https://hub.docker.com/_/ghost). Updating a Docker-based Ghost instance [is documented here](https://docs.ghost.org/install/docker#updating-ghost). If your Ghost is a Ghost-CLI install see our documentation on [updating it to the latest version here](https://docs.ghost.org/update). ### References Ghost thanks Ethan Wilkins of Armadin, [Mihir Shishulkar](https://hackerone.com/mihir1011), [Jan Kahmen](https://github.com/kah-ja) of [TuringPoint](https://www.turingpoint.de), and [Hao Long](https://github.com/imlonghao) for disclosing this vulnerability responsibly. ### For more information If you have any questions or comments about this advisory, email us at [security@ghost.org](mailto:security@ghost.org).
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Related CVEs.
| ID | severity | exploitable | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2026-105680US | —OT elevated | — | ||
Ghost is a Node.js content management system. From 5.81.0 until 6.60.0, staff with the Author role could delete posts and pages that they did not author. This issue is fixed in ver… | ||||
references
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://github.com/TryGhost/GhostPACKAGE
- https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/commit/cf2f718a67faa342c27989b701554ddd63862165WEB
- https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/issues/30283WEB
- https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/releases/tag/v6.60.0WEB
- https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/security/advisories/GHSA-x3mg-q38v-m562WEB
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-105680ADVISORY
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