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SCA: security update for payload (GHSA-238x-w2j9-gwwr)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 473461

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. In versions from 3.0.0 before 3.90.0
 and canary versions before 4.0.0-canary.34, users with ordinary read access to other authentication
 documents in a collection with useAPIKey enabled can obtain active API keys and exercise the target
 accounts' permissions until those keys are rotated or disabled. This issue is fixed in versions 3.90.0 and
 4.0.0-canary.34. (CVE-2026-105849)

Solution

Update the payload library and its related packages to version 3.90.0 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-238x-w2j9-gwwr

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 473461

Version: Revision 1.2

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 10/6/2026

Updated: 10/16/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.5

Percentile: 57.73

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.7

Temporal Score: 6.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-105849

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.3

Temporal Score: 7.2

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.7

Threat Score: 5.2

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/6/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/6/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-105849