# CVE-2026-22597: Ghost has SSRF via External Media Inliner

- Also known as: GHSA-VMC4-9828-R48R, BIT-GHOST-2026-22597
- Severity: CVSS 5.1 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- 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 5.38.0, 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 5.38.0 through 5.130.5 and 6.0.0 through 6.10.3, a vulnerability in Ghost’s media inliner mechanism allows staff users in possession of a valid authentication token for the Ghost Admin API to exfiltrate data from internal systems via SSRF. 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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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/security/advisories/GHSA-vmc4-9828-r48r
- https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/commit/15d49131ff4aac3aca8642501c793f01f2bfcbb9
- https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/commit/93add549ccf079d8e28bdb724fbb71a76942ff51

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