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title: "CVE-2026-26980: Ghost has a SQL injection in Content API"
url: https://erroneo.us/security/cve/CVE-2026-26980/
description: "CVE-2026-26980 (ghost (npm)): Ghost is a Node.js content management system. Versions 3.24.0 through 6.19.0 allow unauthenticated attackers to perform…"
type: vulnerability-record
section: "Security Digest"
date_published: 2026-02-20
date_modified: 2026-06-08
publisher: erroneo.us
author: erroneo.us Security Desk
cve: "CVE-2026-26980"
kev: false
cvss: 9.4
epss: 0.05573
license: All rights reserved. Quote with attribution and a link.
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# CVE-2026-26980: Ghost has a SQL injection in Content API

**Signal:** Critical and remotely reachable. No known exploitation yet, but it is network-reachable without credentials. (Computed from CISA KEV, EPSS and CVSS; not an editorial verdict.)

## Should you act?

- No confirmed exploitation. It is not in CISA’s KEV catalog and CISA’s SSVC assessment records no known exploitation. That can change quickly after a public write-up; re-check if you are affected.
- EPSS 5.6% , percentile 93: FIRST’s model estimates a 5.6% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, higher than 93% of all scored CVEs (elevated). EPSS is a probability, not a verdict.
- Remotely reachable with no login and no user interaction. If the vulnerable service is exposed to the internet, prioritize it.
- Only applies if your dependency tree includes ghost (npm) >= 3.24.0, < 6.19.1, fixed in 6.19.1 . Check your lockfile, including transitive dependencies.

## What it is

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 packages

- npm `ghost` >= 3.24.0, < 6.19.1 → fixed: 6.19.1

## Affected products (CVE record)

- TryGhost Ghost: >= 3.24.0, < 6.19.1

## Severity

- GitHub_M CVSS 3.1: 9.4 `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L`
- GitHub CVSS 3.1: 9.4 `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L`

## Exploitation

- CISA KEV: not listed (no confirmed in-the-wild exploitation known to CISA).
- CISA SSVC assessment: exploitation none , automatable yes , technical impact total .
- FIRST EPSS (model of 2026-10-21): 5.57% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days; percentile 93.

## Sources

- [GitHub Advisory GHSA-w52v-v783-gw97](https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-w52v-v783-gw97)
- [CVE.org record CVE-2026-26980](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-26980)
- [NVD entry CVE-2026-26980](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-26980)
- [github.com](https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/security/advisories/GHSA-w52v-v783-gw97)
- [github.com](https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/commit/30868d632b2252b638bc8a4c8ebf73964592ed91)
- [github.com](https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/releases/tag/v6.19.1)
- [blog.xlab.qianxin.com](https://blog.xlab.qianxin.com/ghost-cms-page-poisoning-cve-2026-26980/)

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