Check Point Advisories

Ghost SQL Injection (CVE-2026-26980)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2026-5521
Date Published:	27 May 2026
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Wednesday 27 May, 2026
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2026-26980
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?	Ghost 3.24.0 and later, prior to 6.19.1
Vulnerability Description	An SQL injection vulnerability in Ghost allows unauthenticated attackers to perform arbitrary reads from the database.

Protection Overview

This protection detects attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R81 / R80 / R77 / R75

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Ghost SQL Injection (CVE-2026-26980) protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name: Web Server Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information: Ghost SQL Injection (CVE-2026-26980)