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SCA: security update for ghost (GHSA-chgm-3698-jm42)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 445643

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 5.18.0 until 6.21.1, a discrepancy in responses from
 the members signin endpoints made it possible for an unauthenticated attacker to determine whether a given
 email address belongs to a registered member of a Ghost site. This vulnerability is fixed in 6.21.1.
 (CVE-2026-53947)

Solution

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

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-chgm-3698-jm42

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 445643

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/5/2026

Updated: 8/5/2026

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

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:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-53947

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:L/I:N/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-2026-53947

cwe: CWE-204