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CVE-2026-22597: Ghost has SSRF via External Media Inliner

• Severity: low (CVSS 2.7 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% 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-918

Description

Ghost is a Node.js content management system. In versions 5.38.0 through 5.130.5 and 6.0.0 through 6.10.3, a vulnerability in Ghost’s media inliner mechanism allows staff users in possession of a valid authentication token for the Ghost Admin API to exfiltrate data from internal systems via SSRF. This issue has been patched in versions 5.130.6 and 6.11.0.

Affected products

• TryGhost Ghost: from 5.38.0 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/15d49131ff4aac3aca8642501c793f01f2bfcbb9
• https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/commit/93add549ccf079d8e28bdb724fbb71a76942ff51
• https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/security/advisories/GHSA-vmc4-9828-r48r

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