9.4

CVE-2026-26980: ghost SQL Injection

CVSS: 9.4v3.1CriticalModified
AliasesGHSA-w52v-v783-gw97BIT-ghost-2026-26980
Published 20-02-2026Last modified 26-05-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-26980 is a critical (CVSS 9.4) SQL Injection vulnerability in ghost. EPSS estimates a 5.57% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92.8% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
70/100
0100
High · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
9.4/10
010
Critical · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
5.57%
0%100%
Low · -64.63 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1exploit-database

Timeline

  1. 20-02-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 26-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

5.57%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

93%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

-64.63 pp

From 70.21% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
5.57%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • exploit-databasemultipleUnverified

    Ghost CMS 6.19.0 - SQLi

    Maturity: poc

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Ghost1 product
  • ghost≥ 3.24.0, < 6.19.1
Npm1 product
  • ghost≥ 3.24.0, < 6.19.1
Tryghost1 product
  • ghost≥ 3.24.0, < 6.19.1

3 vendors · 3 products

References

7 links