High

Payload: SQL injection in SQLite/Postgres

  • Disclosed: 07.10.2026
  • Updated: 14.10.2026 06:17

Impact

An attacker who has read plus create or update access to a collection can submit a request that includes a SQL injection targeting a specific field path shape and operators in Payload's SQLite and Postgres.

You are affected if:

  • You use @payloadcms/db-sqlite or @payloadcms/db-d1-sqlite.
  • You use @payloadcms/db-postgres or @payloadcms/db-vercel-postgres < 3.73.0.
  • A readable collection has a json field, or a blocks field with blocksAsJSON: true.
  • The attacker has read plus create or update access on it.

You are not affected if:

  • You have no json or blocksAsJSONfields.richText` is not affected.
  • You run a patched version.

Patches

The patched version sanitizes the query input to prevent injection.

Users should upgrade Payload packages to >= 3.90.0 or >= 4.0.0-canary.34.

Affected software

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
npm package @payloadcms/db-d1-sqlite >= 3.0.0, < 3.90.0, >= 4.0.0-canary.0, < 4.0.0-canary.34 3.90.0, 4.0.0-canary.34
npm package @payloadcms/db-postgres >= 3.0.0, < 3.73.0 3.73.0
npm package @payloadcms/db-sqlite >= 3.0.0, < 3.90.0, >= 4.0.0-canary.0, < 4.0.0-canary.34 3.90.0, 4.0.0-canary.34
npm package @payloadcms/db-vercel-postgres >= 3.0.0, < 3.73.0 3.73.0

References

CVSS score -
CVSS vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-89
Platform
npm
Package
@payloadcms/db-d1-sqlite, @payloadcms/db-postgres, @payloadcms/db-sqlite
Disclosed
07.10.2026
Updated
14.10.2026 06:17

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-pj7x-6wpf-pgvp - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: @payloadcms/db-sqlite

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This is the only known vulnerability of this package.

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