GitHub Advisoryadvisory · npm
GHSA-f7hx-52q9-hcrf Payload: Unauthorized update to collection documents
CRITICAL
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- Aliases
- CVE-2026-105859
- Ecosystem
- npm
- Packages
- payload
- Severity
- Critical
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-639, CWE-862
- Reviewed
- 2026-10-07
Affected packages
• npm payload: < 3.90.0 → fixed in 3.90.0
• npm payload: >= 4.0.0-canary.0, < 4.0.0-canary.34 → fixed in 4.0.0-canary.34
Description
Impact
An attacker can submit a request to a specific endpoint that permits collection documents to be updated regardless of access control and field level access control.
You are affected if:
• You are configuring `orderable: true` with any collection or join field.
Patches
In the patched version access control is properly enforced.
Users should upgrade Payload packages to `>= 3.90.0` or `>= 4.0.0-canary.34`.
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2026-105859 Payload is a free and open source headless content management system. vulnerability
References
- https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/security/advisories/GHSA-f7hx-52q9-hcrf web
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-105859 advisory
- https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/commit/36fa9af73dd04fa59f4b4a06d11454538c4c1409 web
- https://github.com/payloadcms/payload package
- https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/releases/tag/v3.90.0 web