Machine-written summary
Summary written by Claude Haiku from the source advisory. Not reviewed by a person.
Payload (npm package payload) versions before 3.90.0 and from 4.0.0-canary.0 up to but not including 4.0.0-canary.34 are affected. Under certain local upload configurations, an uploaded XML file and stylesheet could execute JavaScript in the Payload origin when a logged-in user opens the file. Upgrade to 3.90.0 or 4.0.0-canary.34 or later; as a workaround, disallow XML and XSL uploads.
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Severity and exploitation
| Score | Rating | CVSS | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8.6 | High | 4.0 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N | CNA (GitHub_M) |
- CISA KEV Not listed.
- EPSS 0.0016, the 5th percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Timeline
- 31 Oct 2026, 13:33 UTC First seen by agentprime
- 31 Oct 2026, 13:33 UTC Confirmed by OSV
Sources
- GitHub Advisory Database: GHSA-9qpg-3cf8-w33x
- OSV: GHSA-9qpg-3cf8-w33x
- github.com/payloadcms/payload/security/advisories/GHSA-9qpg-3cf8-w33x
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-105868
- github.com/payloadcms/payload/commit/a8c3a8e8e2680c96ec4f66f5b3854c5df6c35adf
- github.com/payloadcms/payload
- github.com/payloadcms/payload/releases/tag/v3.90.0