Medium severity · published Oct 6, 2026
CVE-2026-105805
Payload: Sort queries could expose protected field information
6.9
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 20% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PA
payload · payloadcms
< 3.88.0; >= 4.0.0-canary.0, < 4.0.0-canary.27 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-105805
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-105805
x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/security/advisories/GHSA-9g87-32v6-3c2r
x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/commit/a742140ab4fca3160f7f83e9e7d996552ffc3b5a
x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/releases/tag/v3.88.0
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