SCA: security update for @payloadcms/db-mongodb (GHSA-4ww4-68q3-h7g5)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 473672

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 @payloadcms/db-mongodb versions
before 3.87.0 and canary versions before 4.0.0-canary.20, an authenticated user who can update a document
can modify fields that field-level write access control does not permit that user to change. The Postgres
and SQLite adapters are not affected. This issue is fixed in versions 3.87.0 and 4.0.0-canary.20.
(CVE-2026-106100)

Solution

Update the @payloadcms/db-mongodb library and its related packages to version 3.87.0 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4ww4-68q3-h7g5

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 473672

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 10/7/2026

Updated: 10/7/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.5

Percentile: 51.46

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-2026-106100

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: 10/7/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/6/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-106100