Vulnerability · Published Jan 10, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

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

Medium 5.1

In plain English

A medium-severity server-side request forgery in Ghost from TryGhost. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 23% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 4.0)5.1Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 77.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official 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 packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
npmghost6.11.0GHSA-vmc4-9828-r48r
npmghost5.130.6GHSA-vmc4-9828-r48r

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
TryGhost Ghost >= 6.0.0, < 6.11.0>= 5.38.0, < 5.130.6

Weakness: CWE-918 · Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:N/SA:N

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