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Security checkOctober 06, 2026

Payload: Sort queries could expose protected field information

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Medium severitynpmpayload

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Description

Under certain conditions, sorting readable records could reveal limited information about fields the requester was not permitted to read.

You are affected if untrusted users can query a collection, control its sorting, and sort by protected fields.

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.27 < 3.88.0**
  • Patched version(s): **4.0.0-canary.27 3.88.0**

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