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TI-2026-18158 Aliases CVE-2026-22597GHSA-vmc4-9828-r48r

Ghost has SSRF via External Media Inliner

Priority LOW 23CWE-918Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
High
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Attack requirements
None
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00297 22nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Ghost (TryGhost): 6.11.0, 5.130.6ghost (npm): 6.11.0, 5.130.6

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
TryGhostGhost6.0.0 to before 6.11.0; 5.38.0 to before 5.130.66.11.0, 5.130.6Patch availableCNA
—ghost (npm)6.0.0 to before 6.11.06.11.0Patch availableGHSA-vmc4-9828-r48r
—ghost (npm)5.105.0 to before 5.130.65.130.6Patch availableGHSA-vmc4-9828-r48r
  • Ghost VendorTryGhost Affected 6.0.0 to before 6.11.0; 5.38.0 to before 5.130.6 Fixed in 6.11.0, 5.130.6 Patch available CNA
  • ghost (npm) Vendor— Affected 6.0.0 to before 6.11.0 Fixed in 6.11.0 Patch available GHSA-vmc4-9828-r48r
  • ghost (npm) Vendor— Affected 5.105.0 to before 5.130.6 Fixed in 5.130.6 Patch available GHSA-vmc4-9828-r48r

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:ghost:ghost:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*5.38.0 to before 5.130.6; 6.0.0 to before 6.11.0VulnerableTryGhost
  • cpe:2.3:a:ghost:ghost:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* Versions 5.38.0 to before 5.130.6; 6.0.0 to before 6.11.0 Vulnerable ·TryGhost

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA Ghost (TryGhost) Fixed in 6.11.0, 5.130.6
  • Fix · GHSA-vmc4-9828-r48r ghost (npm) Fixed in 6.11.0 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-vmc4-9828-r48r ghost (npm) Fixed in 5.130.6 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-22597
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-vmc4-9828-r48r

References

Patch 3

Advisory 1

Other 1

  • TI-2026-21459 Ghost has a SQL Injection in its Content API CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.4
  • TI-2022-10277 An arbitrary file upload vulnerability in the file upload module of Ghost v4.39.0 allows… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2024-22785 Ghost through 5.85.1 allows remote attackers to bypass an authentication rate-limit… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
  • TI-2023-14843 Ghost vulnerable to disclosure of private API fields CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2025-09049 Ghost 6.0.6 - SSRF via oEmbed Bookmark CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.1
  • TI-2023-20918 Arbitrary file read via symlinks in Ghost CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
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Sources

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