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SCA: security update for @jhb.software/payload-alt-text-plugin (GHSA-4qpv-39hg-f7fx)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 447954

Description

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

 - Payload Plugins is a collection of plugins designed to enhance Payload CMS. In 0.7.0,
 @jhb.software/payload-alt-text-plugin exposes POST /api/alt-text-plugin/generate and POST /api/alt-text-
 plugin/bulk with a default guard that accepts any authenticated user, while alt-
 text/src/endpoints/generateAltText.ts and alt-text/src/endpoints/bulkGenerateAltTexts.ts call
 req.payload.findByID and req.payload.update without overrideAccess: false. Payload therefore defaults
 overrideAccess to true and skips the target collection's read and update access functions. An
 authenticated low-privilege user can supply id, collection, locale, and update values to read arbitrary
 protected upload documents and overwrite their alt and keywords fields, even when the collection permits
 those operations only to administrators. A control Local API call with overrideAccess: false is denied,
 confirming that the plugin endpoint bypasses otherwise effective collection rules. This vulnerability is
 fixed in 0.8.0. (CVE-2026-59965)

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4qpv-39hg-f7fx

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 447954

Version: Revision 1.2

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 9/11/2026

Updated: 9/16/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.5

Percentile: 51.54

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-59965

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 6.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/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: 9/10/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/10/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-59965

cwe: CWE-863