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Security checkOctober 06, 2026

Payload didn't enforce field-level password update restrictions

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Description

When an auth collection defined a field-level access.update restriction on the password field, the restriction was not enforced on the server correctly.

Recommendation

Update the payload package to the latest compatible version. Followings are version details:

  • Affected version(s): **>= 4.0.0-canary.0, < 4.0.0-canary.34 < 3.90.0**
  • Patched version(s): **4.0.0-canary.34 3.90.0**

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