Ghost is a Node.js content management system. From 0.5.0 until 6.64.0, staff users with the Editor or Super Editor role were able to assign their own role to Author and Contributor users, despite not having permission to assign that role. This issue is fixed in version 6.64.0.

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Description Ghost is a Node.js content management system. From 0.5.0 until 6.64.0, staff users with the Editor or Super Editor role were able to assign their own role to Author and Contributor users, despite not having permission to assign that role. This issue is fixed in version 6.64.0.
Title Ghost: Editors Could Promote Staff Users to Their Own Role
Weaknesses CWE-269
CWE-863
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-05T19:20:36.210Z

Reserved: 2026-10-05T17:48:58.626Z

Link: CVE-2026-105678

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-10-05T20:17:14.913

Modified: 2026-10-06T15:03:59.427

Link: CVE-2026-105678

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-10-06T20:45:05Z

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