diff --git a/bitnami/ghost/5/debian-12/Dockerfile b/bitnami/ghost/5/debian-12/Dockerfile
index b9a76cadcc195..c1d78c4c6f04f 100644
--- a/bitnami/ghost/5/debian-12/Dockerfile
+++ b/bitnami/ghost/5/debian-12/Dockerfile
@@ -7,15 +7,15 @@ ARG TARGETARCH
 
 LABEL com.vmware.cp.artifact.flavor="sha256:c50c90cfd9d12b445b011e6ad529f1ad3daea45c26d20b00732fae3cd71f6a83" \
       org.opencontainers.image.base.name="docker.io/bitnami/minideb:bookworm" \
-      org.opencontainers.image.created="2024-07-26T18:08:43Z" \
+      org.opencontainers.image.created="2024-07-31T12:25:36Z" \
       org.opencontainers.image.description="Application packaged by Broadcom, Inc." \
       org.opencontainers.image.documentation="https://github.com/bitnami/containers/tree/main/bitnami/ghost/README.md" \
       org.opencontainers.image.licenses="Apache-2.0" \
-      org.opencontainers.image.ref.name="5.88.2-debian-12-r0" \
+      org.opencontainers.image.ref.name="5.88.3-debian-12-r0" \
       org.opencontainers.image.source="https://github.com/bitnami/containers/tree/main/bitnami/ghost" \
       org.opencontainers.image.title="ghost" \
       org.opencontainers.image.vendor="Broadcom, Inc." \
-      org.opencontainers.image.version="5.88.2"
+      org.opencontainers.image.version="5.88.3"
 
 ENV HOME="/" \
     OS_ARCH="${TARGETARCH:-amd64}" \
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ RUN mkdir -p /tmp/bitnami/pkg/cache/ ; cd /tmp/bitnami/pkg/cache/ ; \
       "python-3.11.9-11-linux-${OS_ARCH}-debian-12" \
       "node-18.20.4-4-linux-${OS_ARCH}-debian-12" \
       "mysql-client-10.11.8-1-linux-${OS_ARCH}-debian-12" \
-      "ghost-5.88.2-0-linux-${OS_ARCH}-debian-12" \
+      "ghost-5.88.3-0-linux-${OS_ARCH}-debian-12" \
     ) ; \
     for COMPONENT in "${COMPONENTS[@]}"; do \
       if [ ! -f "${COMPONENT}.tar.gz" ]; then \
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ RUN find / -perm /6000 -type f -exec chmod a-s {} \; || true
 COPY rootfs /
 RUN /opt/bitnami/scripts/ghost/postunpack.sh
 RUN /opt/bitnami/scripts/mysql-client/postunpack.sh
-ENV APP_VERSION="5.88.2" \
+ENV APP_VERSION="5.88.3" \
     BITNAMI_APP_NAME="ghost" \
     PATH="/opt/bitnami/python/bin:/opt/bitnami/node/bin:/opt/bitnami/mysql/bin:/opt/bitnami/ghost/bin:$PATH"
 
diff --git a/bitnami/ghost/5/debian-12/prebuildfs/opt/bitnami/.bitnami_components.json b/bitnami/ghost/5/debian-12/prebuildfs/opt/bitnami/.bitnami_components.json
index a394f2dd7df60..1ea3ac87ba400 100644
--- a/bitnami/ghost/5/debian-12/prebuildfs/opt/bitnami/.bitnami_components.json
+++ b/bitnami/ghost/5/debian-12/prebuildfs/opt/bitnami/.bitnami_components.json
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
         "arch": "amd64",
         "distro": "debian-12",
         "type": "NAMI",
-        "version": "5.88.2-0"
+        "version": "5.88.3-0"
     },
     "mysql-client": {
         "arch": "amd64",
diff --git a/bitnami/ghost/5/debian-12/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libmysqlclient.sh b/bitnami/ghost/5/debian-12/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libmysqlclient.sh
index ad32c9c374b64..3e2b3963bfbc6 100644
--- a/bitnami/ghost/5/debian-12/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libmysqlclient.sh
+++ b/bitnami/ghost/5/debian-12/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libmysqlclient.sh
@@ -466,6 +466,98 @@ mysql_migrate_old_configuration() {
     fi
 }
 
+########################
+# Ensure a db user exists with the given password for the '%' host
+# Globals:
+#   DB_*
+# Flags:
+#   -p|--password - database password
+#   -u|--user - database user
+#   --auth-plugin - authentication plugin
+#   --use-ldap - authenticate user via LDAP
+#   --host - database host
+#   --port - database host
+# Arguments:
+#   $1 - database user
+# Returns:
+#   None
+#########################
+mysql_ensure_user_exists() {
+    local -r user="${1:?user is required}"
+    local password=""
+    local auth_plugin=""
+    local use_ldap="no"
+    local hosts
+    local auth_string=""
+    # For accessing an external database
+    local db_host=""
+    local db_port=""
+
+    # Validate arguments
+    shift 1
+    while [ "$#" -gt 0 ]; do
+        case "$1" in
+            -p|--password)
+                shift
+                password="${1:?missing database password}"
+                ;;
+            --auth-plugin)
+                shift
+                auth_plugin="${1:?missing authentication plugin}"
+                ;;
+            --use-ldap)
+                use_ldap="yes"
+                ;;
+            --host)
+                shift
+                db_host="${1:?missing database host}"
+                ;;
+            --port)
+                shift
+                db_port="${1:?missing database port}"
+                ;;
+            *)
+                echo "Invalid command line flag $1" >&2
+                return 1
+                ;;
+        esac
+        shift
+    done
+    if is_boolean_yes "$use_ldap"; then
+        auth_string="identified via pam using '$DB_FLAVOR'"
+    elif [[ -n "$password" ]]; then
+        if [[ -n "$auth_plugin" ]]; then
+            auth_string="identified with $auth_plugin by '$password'"
+        else
+            auth_string="identified by '$password'"
+        fi
+    fi
+    debug "creating database user \'$user\'"
+
+    local -a mysql_execute_cmd=("mysql_execute")
+    local -a mysql_execute_print_output_cmd=("mysql_execute_print_output")
+    if [[ -n "$db_host" && -n "$db_port" ]]; then
+        mysql_execute_cmd=("mysql_remote_execute" "$db_host" "$db_port")
+        mysql_execute_print_output_cmd=("mysql_remote_execute_print_output" "$db_host" "$db_port")
+    fi
+
+    local mysql_create_user_cmd
+    [[ "$DB_FLAVOR" = "mariadb" ]] && mysql_create_user_cmd="create or replace user" || mysql_create_user_cmd="create user if not exists"
+    "${mysql_execute_cmd[@]}" "mysql" "$DB_ROOT_USER" "$DB_ROOT_PASSWORD" <<EOF
+${mysql_create_user_cmd} '${user}'@'%' ${auth_string};
+EOF
+    debug "Removing all other hosts for the user"
+    hosts=$("${mysql_execute_print_output_cmd[@]}" "mysql" "$DB_ROOT_USER" "$DB_ROOT_PASSWORD" <<EOF
+select Host from user where User='${user}' and Host!='%';
+EOF
+)
+    for host in $hosts; do
+        "${mysql_execute_cmd[@]}" "mysql" "$DB_ROOT_USER" "$DB_ROOT_PASSWORD" <<EOF
+drop user '$user'@'$host';
+EOF
+    done
+}
+
 ########################
 # Ensure a db user does not exist
 # Globals:
@@ -703,7 +795,7 @@ mysql_ensure_optional_user_exists() {
         flags+=("-p" "$password")
         [[ -n "$auth_plugin" ]] && flags=("${flags[@]}" "--auth-plugin" "$auth_plugin")
     fi
-    "${DB_FLAVOR}"_ensure_user_exists "${flags[@]}"
+    mysql_ensure_user_exists "${flags[@]}"
 }
 
 ########################
diff --git a/bitnami/ghost/5/debian-12/tags-info.yaml b/bitnami/ghost/5/debian-12/tags-info.yaml
index 1f0d79246cbc5..3235566f325b1 100644
--- a/bitnami/ghost/5/debian-12/tags-info.yaml
+++ b/bitnami/ghost/5/debian-12/tags-info.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 rolling-tags:
 - "5"
 - 5-debian-12
-- 5.88.2
+- 5.88.3
 - latest