SCA: security update for payload (GHSA-f7hx-52q9-hcrf)

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 473771

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 attacker can submit a request to a specific update endpoint that
modifies collection documents without enforcing collection or field-level access control when orderable is
enabled on a collection or join field. This issue is fixed in versions 3.90.0 and 4.0.0-canary.34.
(CVE-2026-105859)

Solution

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

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-f7hx-52q9-hcrf

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 473771

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 10/8/2026

Updated: 10/8/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 58.41

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-105859

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

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-2026-105859