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GHSA-xx6w-jxg9-2wh8

CriticalCVSS 9.8 / 10
Published Feb 5, 2026·Last modified Feb 7, 2026
Affected Components(0)

No affected components available

Description

Impact

When querying JSON or richText fields, user input was directly embedded into SQL without escaping, enabling blind SQL Injection attacks. An unauthenticated attacker could extract sensitive data (emails, password reset tokens) and achieve full account takeover without password cracking.

Users are affected if ALL of these are true:

  1. Payload version < v3.73.0
  2. Using a Drizzle-based database adapter (@payloadcms/drizzle as dependency):
    • @payloadcms/db-postgres
    • @payloadcms/db-vercel-postgres
    • @payloadcms/db-sqlite
    • @payloadcms/db-d1-sqlite
  3. At least one accessible collection that has a type: 'json' or type: 'richText' field where access.read returns anything other than false (true or Where constraint)

Users are NOT affected if:

  • Using @payloadcms/db-mongodb
  • No JSON or richText fields exist in any collection
  • All JSON/richText fields have access: { read: () => false }

Patches

Upgrade to Payload v3.73.0 or later.

Workarounds

If a project cannot upgrade immediately, add access: { read: () => false } to all JSON and richText fields as a temporary mitigation.

Risk Scores
Base Score
9.8

The vulnerability can be exploited over the network without needing physical access. It is easy for an attacker to exploit this vulnerability. An attacker does not need any special privileges or access rights. No user interaction is needed for the attacker to exploit this vulnerability. The impact is confined to the system where the vulnerability exists. There is a high impact on the confidentiality of the information. There is a high impact on the integrity of the data. There is a high impact on the availability of the system.

Threat Intelligence
9.0

Active exploitation in the wild has been confirmed. Immediate patching or mitigation is required.

EPSS
0.45%

The exploit probability is very low. The vulnerability is unlikely to be exploited in the next 30 days.

Exploit
Not available

We did not find any exploit available. Neither in GitHub repositories nor in the Exploit-Database.

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