CVE-2026-26980

Ghost has a SQL Injection in its Content API

Ghost is a Node.js content management system. Versions 3.24.0 through 6.19.0 allow unauthenticated attackers to perform arbitrary reads from the database. This issue has been fixed in version 6.19.1.

Affected

TryGhost · Ghost

CVSS v3.1 NVD

7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CVSS v3.1 GITHUB

9.4 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L

EPSS

5.57% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 93rd percentile

Nuclei

critical · CWE-89

Published

2026-02-20

Updated

2026-05-26

Proof-of-concept exploits (5)

• vognik/CVE-2026-2698010★ · 2026-08-16
• EQSTLab/CVE-2026-269803★ · 2026-05-27
• gagaltotal/CVE-2026-26980-Ghost-CMS-Api11★ · 2026-06-26
• n0bitaemon/CVE-2026-26980-PoC1★ · 2026-06-26
• yym8538/CVE-2026-269801★ · 2026-08-21

Nuclei templates (1)

• projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2026/CVE-2026-26980.yaml

ExploitDB entries (1)

• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/52555

Security advisories

• TryGhost/Ghost/security/advisories/GHSA-w52v-v783-gw97
• advisories/GHSA-w52v-v783-gw97
• TryGhost/Ghost/commit/30868d632b2252b638bc8a4c8ebf73964592ed91

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2021-41773
• CVE-2025-55182
• CVE-2025-68613
• CVE-2026-10520
• CVE-2026-10523
• CVE-2026-22557