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CVE-2026-53947: Ghost: Member existence leak via magic link sign-in response

August 4, 2026

A discrepancy in responses from the members signin endpoints made it possible for an unauthenticated attacker to determine whether a given email address belongs to a registered member of a Ghost site.

References

  • github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/commit/fb2bb634653d99de68fc42d415721d755284fe30
  • github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/pull/26752
  • github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/releases/tag/v6.21.1
  • github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/security/advisories/GHSA-chgm-3698-jm42
  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-chgm-3698-jm42
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-53947

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Affected versions

All versions starting from 5.18.0 before 6.21.2

Fixed versions

  • 6.21.2

Solution

Upgrade to version 6.21.2 or above.

Impact 5.3 MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

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Weakness

  • CWE-204: Observable Response Discrepancy

Source file

npm/ghost/CVE-2026-53947.yml

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