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CVE-2026-105849

8.3, high

Payload is a free and open source headless content management system

NVD (opens in a new tab) CVE.org (opens in a new tab)
CVSS
8.3, high high CVSS v3.1
EPSS, next 30 days
0.3% higher than 21.2% of scored CVEs
Exploitation
No public evidence
Published
6 Oct 202611 days ago

Description

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.

Details

Vendor
Payloadcms
Product
payload
Weakness
CWE-201 (opens in a new tab)
Status
Analyzed
Updated
15 Oct 2026
Assigner
security-advisories@github.com

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L

References 3

Patches and fixes 2

Advisories 1

The kind is read from NVD's tags where present and from the shape of the URL otherwise, so treat it as a hint.

Other Payloadcms CVEs

Every Payloadcms CVE we hold

Same vendor in what we hold, not a known link between the flaws.

  • CVE-2026-105848 Payload is a free and open source headless content management system EPSS 0.2% 9.6, critical
  • CVE-2026-105863 Payload is a free and open source headless content management system EPSS 0.4% 9.4, critical
  • CVE-2026-105850 Payload is a free and open source headless content management system EPSS 0.3% 8.2, high
  • CVE-2026-105851 Payloadcms payload Improper Access Control Vulnerability EPSS 0.2% 8.1, high
  • CVE-2026-105852 Payloadcms payload Missing Authorization Vulnerability EPSS 0.3% 7.5, high
  • CVE-2026-105854 Payloadcms payload Uncontrolled Resource Consumption Vulnerability EPSS 0.4% 7.5, high
  • CVE-2026-105855 Payloadcms payload Improper Access Control Vulnerability EPSS 0.2% 7.1, high
  • CVE-2026-105856 Payloadcms payload SQL Injection Vulnerability EPSS 0.3% 8.3, high

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Assembled from the NVD 2.0 API, the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog and FIRST EPSS. Scores are as of our last collection on 17 Oct 2026, not the live upstream state.