CVE-2026-22596: Ghost has SQL Injection in Members Activity Feed

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2026-01-10 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-89

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.

Affected products

TryGhost Ghost: from 5.90.0 before 5.130.6; from 6.0.0 before 6.11.0 — fixed in 5.130.6, 6.11.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: TryGhost Ghost 5.130.6, 6.11.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/commit/cda236e455a7a30e828b6cba3c430e5796ded955
https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/commit/f2165f968bcdaae0e35590b38fa280ab03239391
https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/security/advisories/GHSA-gjrp-xgmh-x9qq

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