# CVE-2026-22596: Ghost has SQL Injection in Members Activity Feed

- Also known as: GHSA-GJRP-XGMH-X9QQ, BIT-GHOST-2026-22596
- Severity: CVSS 6.7 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.11.0, 5.130.6
- Published: 2026-01-10 · Updated: 2026-01-12

## Affected

- TryGhost Ghost: from 6.0.0, fixed in 6.11.0; from 5.90.0, fixed in 5.130.6
- ghost (npm): from 6.0.0, fixed in 6.11.0
- ghost (npm): from 5.105.0, fixed in 5.130.6

## Description

Ghost is a Node.js content management system. In versions 5.90.0 through 5.130.5 and 6.0.0 through 6.10.3, a vulnerability in Ghost's /ghost/api/admin/members/events endpoint allows users with authentication credentials for the Admin API to execute arbitrary SQL. This issue has been patched in versions 5.130.6 and 6.11.0.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on TryGhost Ghost, ghost, upgrade to a fixed version (6.11.0, 5.130.6) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/security/advisories/GHSA-gjrp-xgmh-x9qq
- https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/commit/cda236e455a7a30e828b6cba3c430e5796ded955
- https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/commit/f2165f968bcdaae0e35590b38fa280ab03239391

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