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SCA: security update for ghost (GHSA-ch52-px8q-f22j)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 445659

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - Ghost is a Node.js content management system. From 6.0.9 until 6.21.1, Ghost’s private-IP check for
 outbound HTTP requests could be bypassed via DNS rebinding, allowing an attacker to coerce the Ghost
 server into reaching hosts on internal networks through features that issue external fetches. This
 vulnerability is fixed in 6.21.1. (CVE-2026-53945)

Solution

Update the ghost library and its related packages to version 6.21.2 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-ch52-px8q-f22j

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 445659

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/5/2026

Updated: 8/5/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.2

Percentile: 0.01

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.6

Temporal Score: 1.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-53945

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/4/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/24/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-53945