# CVE-2026-70593 — TryGhost Ghost

> As of 2026-08-05, CVE-2026-70593 is a MEDIUM-severity vulnerability in TryGhost Ghost, CVSS v3.1 6.6, EPSS 0.2% (21.1th percentile). No Threadlinqs-tracked threat campaign has been attributed to CVE-2026-70593 as of 2026-08-05; the identifier is re-checked against the Threadlinqs threat corpus on every daily ingest.

**Last updated:** 2026-08-05

## What is CVE-2026-70593?

Ghost is a Node.js content management system. From 0.10.0 until 6.54.1, a vulnerability in custom themes allowed a staff user to write files outside of the uploads directory. This could be used to alter the behavior of the installation through custom theme upload path traversal in LocalStorageBase and theme storage name handling. This issue is fixed in version 6.54.1.

The record classifies CVE-2026-70593 under weakness class [CWE-22](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cwe/CWE-22). Its CVSS v3 base vector states that the flaw is reachable remotely over the network, needs high-privilege credentials, needs no user interaction, and has high impact on integrity. 1 affected-product entry is recorded, across 1 vendor, listed below. The identifier was first published 62 days ago.

## Severity and exploitation probability

- **CVSS v3.1 base score:** 6.6 — MEDIUM (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:L`)
- **EPSS (FIRST):** 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 21.1% of all scored CVEs
- **CISA KEV:** Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
- **Threadlinqs priority:** 4.1/10 — a Threadlinqs composite of the CVSS base score, the EPSS percentile and public exploit availability
- **Published:** 2026-08-04, last modified 2026-08-05

## Is CVE-2026-70593 being exploited?

It currently carries a trending score of 35 in the Threadlinqs vulnerability feed.

## Affected products and versions

- [TryGhost](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/vendors/tryghost): Ghost

Affected software packages:

- `npm:ghost` — patched in 6.54.1

## How to fix CVE-2026-70593

Fixed versions are recorded for 1 package: npm:ghost 6.54.1. No vendor patch reference has been recorded for CVE-2026-70593 in the tracked sources. Follow the references below for a fix, and treat the products listed above as exposed until the vendor states otherwise.

## Threat activity tracking CVE-2026-70593

No threat campaign in the Threadlinqs corpus currently references CVE-2026-70593, in its CVE list or as an indicator. The linkage is recomputed from the live corpus on every daily ingest, so this section fills in as soon as a tracked campaign cites the identifier.

## Sources

Enriched from CVE.org, NVD, FIRST EPSS, GitHub Security Advisories. Last verified by Threadlinqs on 2026-08-06. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.

**Vendor advisory and patch**

- [github.com](https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/security/advisories/GHSA-cjc9-q5gf-327p)

**Other references**

- [github.com](https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/commit/fbaa92327e52607036a1e42204c9eadcc751d82c)
- [github.com (v6.54)](https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/releases/tag/v6.54.1)

Canonical: https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cve/CVE-2026-70593
Full detection coverage and IOCs for threats exploiting CVE-2026-70593 via the Threadlinqs MCP server (Purple tier): https://intel.threadlinqs.com/mcp