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GHSA-4WW4-68Q3-H7G5

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-10-07 16:19 – Updated: 2026-10-07 16:19

Summary

Payload: Field-level write access bypass in Payload on MongoDB

Details

Impact

A vulnerability in field-level access control could allow an authenticated user to modify fields they are not permitted to change on documents they can otherwise update.

You are affected if: Payload version < 3.87.0 (or a 4.0.0-canary release before 4.0.0-canary.20) using the MongoDB adapter (@payloadcms/db-mongodb) with any collection that relies on field-level access control to restrict writes under certain conditions.

Relational adapters (Postgres, SQLite) are not affected.

Patches

Handling of incoming field data has been hardened so field-level access control is enforced consistently.

Users should upgrade to 3.87.0 (or 4.0.0-canary.20 on the 4.x line) or later.

Workarounds

There is no complete workaround. Upgrading to 3.87.0 (or 4.0.0-canary.20 on the 4.x line) is recommended.

Severity

7.1 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N

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  "modified": "2026-10-07T16:19:57Z",
  "published": "2026-10-07T16:19:57Z",
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CVE-2026-106100 (GCVE-0-2026-106100)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-10-06 16:56 – Updated: 2026-10-06 17:28

Title

Payload: Field-level write access bypass in Payload on MongoDB

Summary

Payload is a free and open source headless content management system. In @payloadcms/db-mongodb versions before 3.87.0 and canary versions before 4.0.0-canary.20, an authenticated user who can update a document can modify fields that field-level write access control does not permit that user to change. The Postgres and SQLite adapters are not affected. This issue is fixed in versions 3.87.0 and 4.0.0-canary.20.

Severity

7.1 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-10-06 17:28 UTC

CWE

CWE-639 - Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
CWE-915 - Improperly Controlled Modification of Dynamically-Determined Object Attributes

Assigner

GitHub_M mitre root Scorecard

References

4 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/security/ad…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/commit/2a69…	x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/commit/8f77…	x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/releases/ta…	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
payloadcms	payload	Affected: < 3.87.0 Affected: >= 4.0.0-canary.0, < 4.0.0-canary.20

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