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SCA: security update for payload (GHSA-q6mq-ch85-c8mm)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 473465

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. Payload versions from 3.0.0 before
 3.90.0 and canary versions from 4.0.0-canary.0 before 4.0.0-canary.34 use a lower-than-recommended PBKDF2
 work factor for password hashing, reducing the computational effort required to test recovered password
 hashes. This issue is fixed in versions 3.90.0 and 4.0.0-canary.34. (CVE-2026-105804)

Solution

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

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-q6mq-ch85-c8mm

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 473465

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 10/6/2026

Updated: 10/6/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 58.41

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-105804

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.7

Threat Score: 1.7

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/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-2026-105804

cwe: CWE-916