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SCA: security update for payload (GHSA-hhfx-5x8j-f5f6)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 437987

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - Payload is a free and open source headless content management system. Prior to 3.75.0, a Server-Side
 Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability exists in Payload's external file upload functionality. When
 processing external URLs for file uploads, insufficient validation of HTTP redirects could allow an
 authenticated attacker to access internal network resources. The Payload environment must have at least
 one collection with `upload` enabled and a user who has `create` access to that upload-enabled collection
 in order to be vulnerable. An authenticated user with upload collection write permissions could
 potentially access internal services. Response content from internal services could be retrieved through
 the application. This vulnerability has been patched in v3.75.0. As a workaround, one may mitigate this
 vulnerability by disabling external file uploads via the `disableExternalFile` upload collection option,
 or by restricting `create` access on upload-enabled collections to trusted users only. (CVE-2026-27567)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hhfx-5x8j-f5f6

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 437987

Version: Revision 1.8

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 2/26/2026

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.3

Percentile: 9.42

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.7

Temporal Score: 3.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:M/C:P/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-27567

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.8

Temporal Score: 4.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/24/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/24/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-27567

cwe: CWE-918