CVEs / CVE-2026-26980
CVE-2026-26980: TryGhost Ghost vulnerability
- high 7.5 CVSS 3.1 (NVD)
- EPSS 71% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99% of CVEs (30 Oct 2026)
- Last changed at its sources
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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.
Affected and fixed versions
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| TryGhost Ghost | >= 3.24.0, < 6.19.1 | — |
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| ghost (npm) | from 3.24.0, before 6.19.1 | 6.19.1 |
Package versions from GHSA-w52v-v783-gw97.
Exploitation
Not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog as of 30 Oct 2026.
Severity
| CVSS 3.1 | 7.5 highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NScored by NVD |
|---|---|
| Weakness | CWE-89 |
References
- CVE-2026-26980 on NVD
- CVE-2026-26980 on OSV
- https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/commit/30868d632b2252b638bc8a4c8ebf73964592ed91 Patch
- https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/releases/tag/v6.19.1 Product, Release Notes
- https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/security/advisories/GHSA-w52v-v783-gw97 Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
- https://blog.xlab.qianxin.com/ghost-cms-page-poisoning-cve-2026-26980/
Sources
Exploitation status from the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. EPSS scores from FIRST. Descriptions, severity and references from the National Vulnerability Database. Open-source package versions from OSV (CC-BY 4.0). Text is shown as each source states it; Stackurity does not edit it. Check the vendor's advisory before acting.
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