GHSA-cj62-hvv2-2q5h
Ghost: Database Backup Path Traversal
Quick fix
GHSA-cj62-hvv2-2q5h — ghost: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.
npm install ghost@6.54.1Details
### Impact
An Administrator-level user could remotely overwrite certain files on the filesystem leading to integrity and availability issues.
### Vulnerable versions
This vulnerability is present in Ghost from 1.20.1 up to v6.54.0.
### 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, set *disableJSBackups* to "true" by running:
```sh $ ghost config set disableJSBackups true $ ghost restart ```
### References
Ghost thanks Jorian Woltjer of Aikido Security, Mitchell Benjamin of Revamp Studio, and meifukun for disclosing this vulnerability responsibly.
### For more information
If you have any questions or comments about this advisory, email Ghost at [security@ghost.org](mailto:security@ghost.org).
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