7.2

CVE-2026-22596: ghost SQL Injection

CVSS: 7.2v3.1HighAnalyzed
AliasesGHSA-gjrp-xgmh-x9qqBIT-ghost-2026-22596
Published 10-01-2026Last modified 12-01-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-22596 is a high (CVSS 7.2) SQL Injection vulnerability in ghost. EPSS estimates a 0.47% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 39.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
29/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.2/10
010
High · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.47%
0%100%
Low · -0.01 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 10-01-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 12-01-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.47%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

39%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

-0.01 pp

From 0.47% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.47%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Ghost1 product
  • ghost≥ 5.90.0, < 5.130.6 | ≥ 6.0.0, < 6.11.0
Npm1 product
  • ghost≥ 6.0.0, < 6.11.0 | ≥ 5.105.0, < 5.130.6
Tryghost1 product
  • ghost≥ 6.0.0, < 6.11.0 | ≥ 5.90.0, < 5.130.6

3 vendors · 3 products

References

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