CVE-2026-105845: Payload: SQL Injection in SQLite and Postgres

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2026-10-06 · updated 2026-10-06
Weakness: CWE-89

Description

Payload is a free and open source headless content management system. In versions from 3.0.0 before 3.88.0 and canary versions before 4.0.0-canary.27, an untrusted user who can query readable collections through dynamic filters or joins can submit a request that causes SQL injection in the SQLite and Postgres adapters. This issue is fixed in versions 3.88.0 and 4.0.0-canary.27.

Affected products

payloadcms payload: from 3.0.0, < 3.88.0; from 4.0.0-canary.0, < 4.0.0-canary.27

References

https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/commit/a742140ab4fca3160f7f83e9e7d996552ffc3b5a
https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/releases/tag/v3.88.0
https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/security/advisories/GHSA-v49j-62m6-pgrr

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