CVE-2026-105858

Payload is a free and open source headless content management system. In versions before 3.90.0 and canary versions before 4.0.0-canary.34, a crafted request to the public first-register operation can execute code remotely when local authentication is enabled and no initial user has been created. This issue is fixed in versions 3.90.0 and 4.0.0-canary.34.

CVSS 3.1

8.1CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS

0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 40% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)

CWEs

CWE-94, CWE-1321

Published

2026-10-06

Modified

2026-10-15

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

• payloadcms:payload

Packages (OSV)

References

• https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/commit/e947fc4ba4a434f276d043386e501b1d14eda679
• https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/releases/tag/v3.90.0
• https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/security/advisories/GHSA-97rh-rhh2-7vjv

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