Vulnerability Intelligence Report
Payload: Sort queries could expose protected field information
CVE-2026-105805
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.
Information Disclosure
No Active Exploit Signals
CVSS Base Score
6.9
MEDIUM
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Weaknesses (CWE)
Affected Products & Versions
| Vendor | Product | Affected Versions |
|---|---|---|
| payloadcms | payload | < 3.88.0 (affected), >= 4.0.0-canary.0, < 4.0.0-canary.27 (affected) |
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Vulnerability Class
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Identity & Timeline
| Status | PUBLISHED |
| Assigning Authority | GitHub, Inc. · Vendor · USA |
| Reserved | 2026-10-05T20:37:19 |
| Published | 2026-10-06T15:25:29 |
| Last Updated | 2026-10-06T16:25:35 |
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