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High · 7.7 CVE-2026-105849 EUVD-2026-93492GHSA-238x-w2j9-gwwr

Payload: API key disclosure through ordinary document reads

Published Oct 6, 2026 · Updated Oct 6, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
payloadcms payload >= 3.0.0, < 3.90.0, >= 4.0.0-canary.0, < 4.0.0-canary.34 —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
npm payload >= 3.0.0, < 3.90.0 3.90.0 GHSA-238x-w2j9-gwwr
npm payload >= 4.0.0-canary.0, < 4.0.0-canary.34 4.0.0-canary.34 GHSA-238x-w2j9-gwwr

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