CVE-2026-105849
Payload: API key disclosure through ordinary document reads
HIGH 7.7EPSS 0.3%
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.
- Affected
- payloadcms · payload
- CVSS v4.0 GITHUB
- 7.7 HIGH
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X - CVSS v4.0 GitHub
- 7.7 HIGH
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - CVSS v3.1 NVD
- 8.3 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L - EPSS
- 0.30% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 21st percentile
- Published
- 2026-10-06
Proof-of-concept exploits (2)
- payloadcms/payload/security/advisories/GHSA-238x-w2j9-gwwr
- payloadcms/payload/releases/tag/v3.90.045286★ · 2026-10-16