Answer in brief
CVE-2026-105851 records a Critical severity (CVSS 9.3) vulnerability in Payload: Field access control bypass on auth collections. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps payloadcms/payload (generic), payload (npm), payload (npm). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
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CVSS is 9.3. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
Factual feed record only; HOL analysis is not approved for indexing. Read the methodology.
The current feed maps payloadcms/payload (generic), payload (npm), payload (npm). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| payloadcms/payloadgeneric | >3.0.0 <3.90.0 || >4.0.0-canary.0 <4.0.0-canary.34 | 3.90.0, 4.0.0-canary.34 |
| payloadnpm | >3.0.0,<3.90.0 | 3.90.0 |
| payloadnpm | >4.0.0-canary.0,<4.0.0-canary.34 | 4.0.0-canary.34 |
Published upstream
Oct 6, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Oct 6, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Oct 6, 2026
Payload is a free and open source headless content management system. In versions from 3.0.0 before 3.90.0 and canary versions before 4.0.0-canary.34, the duplicate operation copies values from a source document even when a field is hidden or its access.read or access.create rule rejects that value for the caller. The disableDuplicate setting does not prevent this access-control bypass. This issue is fixed in versions 3.90.0 and 4.0.0-canary.34.
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