TryGhost 0.5.0/6.22.x Staff Invitation Acceptance race condition

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in TryGhost Ghost 0.5.0/6.22.x. This impacts an unknown function of the component Staff Invitation Acceptance. The manipulation leads to race condition. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-103282. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in TryGhost Ghost 0.5.0/6.22.x and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown code of the component Staff Invitation Acceptance. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a race condition vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-362. The product contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, and the code sequence requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence that is operating concurrently. Impacted is integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Ghost versions 0.5.0 before 6.23.0 contain a concurrency issue in the staff invitation acceptance mechanism that allows multiple accounts to be created from a single invite token. Attackers can exploit this race condition by submitting concurrent requests with the same invitation token to create duplicate user accounts.

It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-103282 since 09/30/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

Upgrading to version 6.23.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.2

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VulDB Temp Score: 4.1
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CNA Base Score: 4.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Race condition
CWE: CWE-362
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Ghost 6.23.0

Timelineinfo

09/30/2026 CVE reserved
10/01/2026 +1 days Advisory disclosed
10/01/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
10/01/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Product: github.com

Advisory: github.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-103282 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-103282
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-412619

Entryinfo

Created: 10/01/2026 13:30
Changes: 10/01/2026 13:30 (76)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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