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SCA: security update for ghost (GHSA-cgc2-rcrh-qr5x)

critical Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 438247

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 version 0.7.2 to 6.19.0, specifically crafted malicious
 themes can execute arbitrary code on the server running Ghost. This issue has been patched in version
 6.19.1. (CVE-2026-29053)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-cgc2-rcrh-qr5x

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 438247

Version: Revision 1.13

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/4/2026

Updated: 8/10/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.7

Percentile: 99.02

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-29053

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 9.1

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/3/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/3/2026

Exploitable With

Metasploit (Ghost CMS Remote Code Execution)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-29053

cwe: CWE-74