GHSA-jm22-3w23-5q7w
Ghost: Blind Password Hash Disclosure in Ghost Admin API
Packages
Details
As written in the advisory (Markdown source, shown as plain text).
### Impact
Any staff-level user was able to leak the hashed passwords of other staff users. An offline password-guessing attack against the hashes could lead to account takeover if successful, but [Device Verification](https://docs.ghost.org/security#device-verification) should have prevented an attacker from logging in with a recovered password. Depending on the database used, leaked hashes may not have had the correct casing for all characters, increasing the difficulty of a password-guessing attack.
### Vulnerable versions
This vulnerability is present in Ghost versions v6.54.0 and earlier.
### Patches
v6.54.1 contains a fix for this issue.
### How to update
For self-hosters using Docker, find [Docker's official Ghost image here](https://hub.docker.com/_/ghost). Updating a Docker-based Ghost instance [is documented here](https://docs.ghost.org/install/docker#updating-ghost).
If your Ghost is a Ghost-CLI install see our documentation on [updating it to the latest version here](https://docs.ghost.org/update).
### Workarounds
If upgrading immediately is not possible, ensure all staff users have [Multi-factor Authentication](https://docs.ghost.org/security#email-2fa) (MFA) enabled. This will help prevent an attacker from logging in with any passwords that are successfully recovered from the leaked hashes.
### References
Ghost thanks Chapman Schleiss for disclosing this vulnerability responsibly.
### For more information
If you have any questions or comments about this advisory, email us at [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]).
References
External links from the advisory. They lead to third-party sites.