SCA: security update for @payloadcms/next, payload (GHSA-w84c-53h3-mc2g)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 473474

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 3.40.0 before
3.88.0 and canary versions before 4.0.0-canary.27, an attacker can craft a redirect URL parameter that
sends a guest user to an untrusted destination after the authentication flow completes. This issue is
fixed in versions 3.88.0 and 4.0.0-canary.27. (CVE-2026-105846)

Solution

Update the @payloadcms/next library and its related packages to version 3.88.0 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-w84c-53h3-mc2g

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 473474

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 10/7/2026

Updated: 10/7/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.3

Percentile: 10.07

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-105846

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/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: 10/6/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/6/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-105846

cwe: CWE-601