High severity · published Aug 11, 2026
CVE-2026-72596
Ghost Foundation Ghost - Broken Access Control
8.1
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A broken access control vulnerability in Ghost Foundation Ghost 5.x allows authenticated Author-role users to delete posts owned by other users. The post model permissible() cascade is missing the branch that handles the combined isAuthor and isDestroy condition, causing the authorization check to fall through and permit the deletion. An attacker with an Author account can delete any post on the platform.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 32% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
GH
Ghost · Ghost Foundation
through 5.x · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-72596
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-72596
github.com
https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost
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