CVE-2026-105849
highPayload is a free and open source headless content management system.
Vendor / product: Payloadcms — payload
Payload is a free and open source headless content management system. In versions from 3.0.0 before 3.90.0 and canary versions before 4.0.0-canary.34, users with ordinary read access to other authentication documents in a collection with useAPIKey enabled can obtain active API keys and exercise the target accounts' permissions until those keys are rotated or disabled. This issue is fixed in versions 3.90.0 and 4.0.0-canary.34.
CVSS
8.3
8.3 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (nvd@nist.gov)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2026-10-06 17:17
Modified: 2026-10-15 00:13
NVD status: Analyzed
Last synced 3 days ago
Verified against the source API 2026-10-27 06:57 UTC
Exploitation
Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)
Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).
Affected products
payloadcms / payload ≥3.0.0 <3.90.0, 4.0.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.
Mitigation & advisories
Patch / mitigation: https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/commit/880d2e900be22cd66a9e939f2b3e702fa413180f
Patch / mitigation: https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/releases/tag/v3.90.0
References
- https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/commit/880d2e900be22cd66a9e939f2b3e702fa413180f security-advisories@github.com
- https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/releases/tag/v3.90.0 security-advisories@github.com
- https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/security/advisories/GHSA-238x-w2j9-gwwr security-advisories@github.com
Data sources
NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-10-27 06:57 UTC · record ↗