TryGhost/Ghost · audit

TryGhost/Ghost ↗ · 81292b0 · Aug 21, 2026, 10:19 PM

We found hard evidence. 8 things need your attention now.We found real evidence of problems. 8 things need your attention now.8 issues need attention now.

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These are facts from deterministic scanners, not opinion — 8 high/critical dependency vulnerabilities. The full picture — architecture, AI-generated-code risk, privacy, and 11 more dimensions — needs Audit.

These are facts found by automatic checks, not opinions — 8 serious security bugs in the ready-made packages your project uses. The full picture — how your code is built, AI-generated-code risk, privacy, and 11 more areas — needs Audit.

8 critical dependency vulnerabilities found. 11 more dimensions need Audit for the full picture.

500 of 8541 files scanned (5%) — this snapshot was truncated: this audit's size limit was reached, so some source was left unread.

What this meansWhat this means for youWhat this means

Two scanners read 500 of 8541 files, starting with the highest-priority ones: one for committed credentials, one for known vulnerabilities in your dependencies. They found 0 committed credentials on production paths and 8 high or critical vulnerabilities in runtime dependencies. These two checks cover a narrow slice of what decides whether software is ready to ship. All 14 dimensions — architecture, privacy, reliability, AI-generated-code risk and the rest — are unexamined here. Deep Verification is the tier that issues a verdict. This scan does not.

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Packages you ship with known vulnerabilities

8 found · 7 packages

cvenpm image-size2 in 1 version

1.2.1 — GHSA-5p2g-fcmc-qvqq, GHSA-w3rx-r6r6-pgpr

image-size: JXL and HEIF parsers allow denial of service through infinite loops — HIGH

image-size: ICNS parser allows denial of service through an infinite loop — HIGH

cvenpm html-minifier@4.0.0GHSA-pfq8-rq6v-vf5m

kangax html-minifier REDoS vulnerability — HIGH

cvenpm js-yaml@4.3.0GHSA-5p4m-2wfm-xmqj

JS-YAML: Quadratic CPU consumption in !!omap resolution (3.x and 4.x) — CVE-2026-59870 fix not backported — HIGH

cvenpm jsonwebtoken@8.5.1GHSA-8cf7-32gw-wr33

jsonwebtoken unrestricted key type could lead to legacy keys usage — HIGH

cvenpm nodemailer@8.0.11GHSA-p6gq-j5cr-w38f

Nodemailer: Message-level raw option bypasses disableFileAccess/disableUrlAccess, enabling arbitrary file read and full-response SSRF in the delivered message — HIGH

cvenpm react-router@7.18.1GHSA-qwww-vcr4-c8h2

React Router: RSC Mode CSRF Bypass Allows Action Execution Before 400 Response — HIGH

cvenpm validator@13.12.0GHSA-vghf-hv5q-vc2g

Validator is Vulnerable to Incomplete Filtering of One or More Instances of Special Elements — HIGH

Worth knowing, not blocking

29 found · 5 files · 4 packages · 22 in tests

Test/example/doc credentials and devDependency or moderate/low CVEs. Surfaced as context — these never force the worst verdict.Passwords found in test, example or documentation files, and lower-severity security bugs in packages only used while building the project. Shown for context — these never cause the worst possible result.Context only — test/example secrets, dev-only or moderate/low CVEs. Never verdict-forcing.

test fixtureGeneric hardcoded secret20 in 4 files

apps/admin-x-framework/src/test/msw-utils.ts:127

:127 — token:…ing', — non-production path

apps/admin-x-framework/test/unit/api/tinybird.test.tsx:57, :64, :74, :86, :87, :97, :104, :120, :135, :143, :151, :160

:57 — json: { tinybird: { token:…123' } }, — non-production path

:64 — expect(result.current.data).toEqual({ tinybird: { token:…123' } }); — non-production path

:74 — json: { tinybird: { token:…ken' } }, — non-production path

:86 — expect(result1.current.data).toEqual({ tinybird: { token:…ken' } }); — non-production path

:87 — expect(result2.current.data).toEqual({ tinybird: { token:…ken' } }); — non-production path

:97 — json: { tinybird: { token:…ken' } }, — non-production path

:104 — expect(result.current.data).toEqual({ tinybird: { token:…ken' } }); — non-production path

:120 — json: { tinybird: { token:…ken' } }, — non-production path

:135 — expect(result2.current.data).toEqual({ tinybird: { token:…ken' } }); — non-production path

:143 — json: { tinybird: { token:…ken' } }, — non-production path

:151 — expect(result.current.data).toEqual({ tinybird: { token:…ken' } }); — non-production path

:160 — json: { tinybird: { token:…ken' } }, — non-production path

apps/admin-x-framework/test/unit/hooks/use-active-visitors.test.ts:451

:451 — token:…ken', — non-production path

apps/admin-x-framework/test/unit/hooks/use-tinybird-token.test.tsx:50, :80, :164, :189, :249, :281

:50 — data: { tinybird: { token:…123' } }, — non-production path

:80 — data: { tinybird: { token:…ken' } }, — non-production path

:164 — data: { tinybird: { token:…ken' } }, — non-production path

:189 — data: { tinybird: { token:…ken' } }, — non-production path

:249 — data: { tinybird: { token:…ken' } }, — non-production path

:281 — data: { tinybird: { token:…ken' } }, — non-production path

advisoryStripe Restricted Key.secretlintrc.json:19

"rk_liv…WXYZ", — non-production path

advisoryStripe Secret Key.secretlintrc.json:20

"sk_liv…WXYZ" — non-production path

moderate cvenpm hono3 in 1 version

4.12.18 — GHSA-2gcr-mfcq-wcc3, GHSA-3hrh-pfw6-9m5x, GHSA-54fx-42gc-7vw4

Hono: app.mount() strips mount prefix using undecoded path, causing incorrect routing for percent-encoded paths — MODERATE

Hono: Cookie helper does not sanitize sameSite and priority, allowing Set-Cookie injection — MODERATE

Hono: Algorithmic Complexity DoS in Language Middleware — MODERATE

moderate cvenpm jsonwebtoken2 in 1 version

8.5.1 — GHSA-hjrf-2m68-5959, GHSA-qwph-4952-7xr6

jsonwebtoken's insecure implementation of key retrieval function could lead to Forgeable Public/Private Tokens from RSA to HMAC — MODERATE

jsonwebtoken vulnerable to signature validation bypass due to insecure default algorithm in jwt.verify() — MODERATE

moderate cvenpm express-brute@1.0.1GHSA-984p-xq9m-4rjw

Rate Limiting Bypass in express-brute — MODERATE

moderate cvenpm validator@13.12.0GHSA-9965-vmph-33xx

validator.js has a URL validation bypass vulnerability in its isURL function — MODERATE

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14 things we haven't looked at yet14 things we haven't checked yet14 things unaudited

Security logic, privacy, reliability, AI-generated-code risk and 10 more — unaudited, not clean.Security logic, privacy, reliability, AI-generated-code risk and 10 more — not checked yet, which is different from safe.Security, privacy, reliability, AI-generated-code risk, 10 more: unaudited, not clean.

The free scan reasons across none of these. Absence of findings is reported as unaudited, not safe. Opus 4.8 reads the code semantically and scores every one — with evidence, business impact, and a fix per finding.

The free scan doesn't look at any of these. If nothing is flagged here, that means it wasn't checked — not that it's safe. Opus 4.8 (the AI model behind the audit) reads and understands your code and scores every one of these — with evidence, the real-world impact, and a fix for each finding.

The free scan doesn't reason across these — unaudited, not safe. Opus 4.8 scores each, with evidence, impact, and a fix.

SecurityPriority: Core

Privacy & CompliancePriority: Core

Reliability & ResiliencePriority: Core

Code Quality & ArchitecturePriority: Important

AI / Vibe Coding RiskPriority: Important

Performance & ScalabilityPriority: Important

Infrastructure & DevOpsPriority: Important

Data LayerPriority: Important

Business & Product RiskPriority: Supporting

Developer ExperiencePriority: Supporting

Accessibility & UXPriority: Supporting

ObservabilityPriority: Supporting

Maintainability ForecastPriority: Specialized

IP & Novelty ExposurePriority: Specialized

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Scanned 500 of 8541 files (highest-priority subset) · TryGhost/Ghost
Dependency manifests: 57 package roots found, 13 scanned — package list truncated at the vulnerability-lookup limit.

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