CVE-2026-106100
Description
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.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
Propose a mitigation on Community Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
References
- https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/commit/2a69863deb0e3c87e36c1b3b17ab2d5b02fcb941
- https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/commit/8f77dffa9552885ec2710768cfee15b57e389935
- https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/releases/tag/v3.87.0
- https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/security/advisories/GHSA-4ww4-68q3-h7g5
CWEs
CWE-639 CWE-915
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.