SCA: security update for ghost (GHSA-xm43-3m56-w3wf)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 445669

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 6.27.0 before 6.44.0, Ghost's public donation checkout
flow allowed an unauthenticated attacker to control donation checkout metadata and obtain full paid gift
memberships for a minimal payment without exposing customer or member data or stealing money from a site
or its members. This issue is fixed in version 6.44.0. (CVE-2026-59817)

Solution

Update the ghost library and its related packages to version 6.44.0 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xm43-3m56-w3wf

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 445669

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: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-59817

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/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: 7/9/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-59817