SCA: security update for payload (GHSA-p223-2wr2-j562)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 473768

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 before 3.90.0 and canary
versions before 4.0.0-canary.34, an authenticated user who can update or delete uploads stored locally can
cause file cleanup to remove unintended files outside the configured upload directory, resulting in data
loss or service disruption. Deployments that restrict upload management to trusted users are less exposed.
This issue is fixed in versions 3.90.0 and 4.0.0-canary.34. (CVE-2026-105865)

Solution

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

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-p223-2wr2-j562

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 473768

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 10/8/2026

Updated: 10/8/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.3

Percentile: 53.46

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.5

Temporal Score: 6.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-105865

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.1

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

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-2026-105865