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CVE-2026-26980 — TryGhost Ghost

CVSS v3.1 9.4 (CRITICAL) · EPSS 56.6% (higher than 98.1% of all scored CVEs) · Priority 8.6/10 · Published 2026-02-20

As of 2026-05-26, CVE-2026-26980 is a CRITICAL-severity vulnerability in TryGhost Ghost, CVSS v3.1 9.4, EPSS 56.6% (98.1th percentile). Threadlinqs Intelligence links 3 tracked threat campaigns to CVE-2026-26980, most recently “ClickFix Campaign Deploying Potemkin Loader, RMMProject RAT, and EtherRAT - May 2026 Enterprise Compromise”.

Last updated: 2026-05-26

What is CVE-2026-26980?

Ghost is a Node.js content management system. Versions 3.24.0 through 6.19.0 allow unauthenticated attackers to perform arbitrary reads from the database. This issue has been fixed in version 6.19.1.

The record classifies CVE-2026-26980 under weakness class CWE-89. Its CVSS v3 base vector states that the flaw is reachable remotely over the network, needs no prior authentication, needs no user interaction, and has high impact on confidentiality, integrity. 1 affected-product entry is recorded, across 1 vendor, listed below. The identifier was first published 205 days ago.

Severity and exploitation probability

CVSS v3.1 base score: 9.4 — CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
EPSS (FIRST): 56.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98.1% of all scored CVEs
CISA KEV: Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
Threadlinqs priority: 8.6/10 — a Threadlinqs composite of the CVSS base score, the EPSS percentile and public exploit availability
Published: 2026-02-20, last modified 2026-05-26

Is CVE-2026-26980 being exploited?

It currently carries a trending score of 30 in the Threadlinqs vulnerability feed.

Affected products and versions

TryGhost: Ghost

How to fix CVE-2026-26980

No vendor patch reference has been recorded for CVE-2026-26980 in the tracked sources. Follow the references below for a fix, and treat the products listed above as exposed until the vendor states otherwise.

Threat activity tracking CVE-2026-26980

3 tracked threats in the Threadlinqs corpus reference CVE-2026-26980, either in the campaign’s CVE list or as an indicator on the campaign record.

ClickFix Campaign Deploying Potemkin Loader, RMMProject RAT, and EtherRAT - May 2026 Enterprise Compromise — CRITICAL · 2026-06-28
DriveSurge: Initial Access Broker Hijacks Thousands of Trusted Websites for ClickFix and FakeUpdate Malware Delivery via zTDS — HIGH · 2026-06-09
Ghost CMS Content API SQL Injection CVE-2026-26980 — Large-Scale ClickFix Watering-Hole Campaign Compromising 700+ Domains (XLab) — CRITICAL · 2026-05-24

Sources

Seeded from cveorg and not yet processed by the Threadlinqs enrichment pipeline, so blank CVSS, EPSS or KEV fields above mean NOT MEASURED rather than measured-absent.

Full detection coverage & IOCs for threats exploiting CVE-2026-26980 are available via the Threadlinqs MCP server (Purple tier). View plans →

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