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GHSA-9G87-32V6-3C2R

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-10-06 15:38 – Updated: 2026-10-06 15:38

Summary

Payload: Sort queries could expose protected field information

Details

Impact

Under certain conditions, sorting readable records could reveal limited information about fields the requester was not permitted to read.

You are affected if untrusted users can query a collection, control its sorting, and sort by protected fields.

Patches

Payload now applies field-level access checks to sort fields before executing queries.

Users should upgrade to >= 3.88.0 or >= 4.0.0-canary.27.

Workarounds

Upgrading is recommended. Until then, prevent untrusted users from controlling sort parameters or restrict their access to affected collections.

Severity

6.9 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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  "modified": "2026-10-06T15:38:32Z",
  "published": "2026-10-06T15:38:32Z",
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CVE-2026-105805 (GCVE-0-2026-105805)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-10-06 15:25 – Updated: 2026-10-06 16:25

Title

Payload: Sort queries could expose protected field information

Summary

Payload is a free and open source headless content management system. In versions before 3.88.0 and canary versions before 4.0.0-canary.27, an untrusted user who can query a readable collection, control its sorting, and select a protected field as the sort parameter can infer limited information about field values the user cannot read. This issue is fixed in versions 3.88.0 and 4.0.0-canary.27.

Severity

6.9 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-10-06 16:23 UTC

CWE

CWE-200 - Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
CWE-863 - Incorrect Authorization

Assigner

GitHub_M mitre root Scorecard

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/security/ad…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/commit/a742…	x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/releases/ta…	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
payloadcms	payload	Affected: < 3.88.0 Affected: >= 4.0.0-canary.0, < 4.0.0-canary.27

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Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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