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.

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Attack Requirements Present

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact High

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact High

Vulnerable System Availability Impact High

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

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No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
payloadcms payload affected
Version Status Constraints
>= 3.0.0, < 3.90.0 affected —
>= 4.0.0-canary.0, < 4.0.0-canary.34 affected —

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Advisories
Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-238x-w2j9-gwwr Payload vulnerable to API key disclosure through ordinary document reads
Fixes

Solution

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Workaround

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References
Link Providers
https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/commit/880d2e900be22cd66a9e939f2b3e702fa413180f cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/releases/tag/v3.90.0 cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/security/advisories/GHSA-238x-w2j9-gwwr cve-icon cve-icon
History

Tue, 06 Oct 2026 16:30:00 +0000

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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.
Title Payload: API key disclosure through ordinary document reads
Weaknesses CWE-201
CWE-862
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 7.7, 'vector': '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'}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-06T17:26:23.270Z

Reserved: 2026-10-05T23:06:29.747Z

Link: CVE-2026-105849

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Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-06T17:17:20.470

Modified: 2026-10-06T18:16:48.367

Link: CVE-2026-105849

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Updated: 2026-10-06T18:15:04Z

Weaknesses