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.
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 3
- https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/commit/880d2e900be22cd66a9e939f2b3e702fa413180f Patch
- https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/releases/tag/v3.90.0 Patch, Release Notes
- https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/security/advisories/GHSA-238x-w2j9-gwwr Vendor Advisory
Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.
Change history 1
- First seenCVSS 7.7 · payloadcmsNVD modified 2026-10-15 00:13
Affected (CPE criteria) 35
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