{"cve":"CVE-2026-105849","nvd":{"published":"2026-10-06T17:17:20.470","modified":"2026-10-15T00:13:10.917","status":"Analyzed","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.","cvss_v4":{"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","score":7.7},"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L","score":8.3},"cwes":["CWE-201","CWE-862"],"references":["https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/commit/880d2e900be22cd66a9e939f2b3e702fa413180f","https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/releases/tag/v3.90.0","https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/security/advisories/GHSA-238x-w2j9-gwwr"],"products":["payloadcms:payload"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:58:01.639778232+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-105849","score":0.003,"percentile":0.22528,"date":"2026-10-25"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-238x-w2j9-gwwr","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-238x-w2j9-gwwr","summary":"Payload vulnerable to API key disclosure through ordinary document reads","modified":"2026-10-06T16:30:04.323819650Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"npm","name":"payload","purl":"pkg:npm/payload","ranges":[">=3.0.0 <3.90.0"],"fixed":["3.90.0"]},{"ecosystem":"npm","name":"payload","purl":"pkg:npm/payload","ranges":[">=4.0.0-canary.0 <4.0.0-canary.34"],"fixed":["4.0.0-canary.34"]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}