CVE-2026-26980 is a critical vulnerability affecting Ghost CMS versions 3.24.0 through 6.19.0, allowing unauthenticated attackers to perform arbitrary database reads. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and requires no user interaction, posing a significant risk of data exposure. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered considerable community discussion, indicating awareness among security researchers. Organizations using affected Ghost versions should upgrade to 6.19.1 immediately to mitigate this risk.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 3.24.0, < 6.19.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ghost:ghost:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.