Critical 9.8Published Oct 6, 2026

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

Updated under an hour ago (2026-10-19 10:00 UTC)

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EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.38%, higher than 31% of scored CVEs.

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Exploited in the last 30 days

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.

CVSS: 9.8 CRITICAL (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-89
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): 0.38% (percentile 31)
Assigned by: GitHub_M
NVD analysis: Undergoing Analysis
Record last updated: Oct 6, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

payloadcms payload payloadcms:payload (from the name)	from 3.0.0, < 3.88.0; from 4.0.0-canary.0, < 4.0.0-canary.27	CNA record

References

https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/security/advisories/GHSA-v49j-62m6-pgrrx-refsource-confirm
https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/commit/a742140ab4fca3160f7f83e9e7d996552ffc3b5ax-refsource-misc
https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/releases/tag/v3.88.0x-refsource-misc

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