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Payload: API key disclosure through ordinary document reads

Type: advisorySource: Official CVE List1 source record

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.

Announced Source revision 1
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CVE-2026-105849

Primary source · Revision 1

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Security context

Source reference: cve:CVE-2026-105849

payload

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/0/product

Affected versions
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Structured affected-version data

Original package identities and version rules from this source.

[
  {
    "vendor": "payloadcms",
    "product": "payload",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": ">= 3.0.0, < 3.90.0"
      },
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": ">= 4.0.0-canary.0, < 4.0.0-canary.34"
      }
    ]
  }
]
Related CVEs
CVE-2026-105849

Source reference: /cveMetadata/cveId

Publisher severity

high

Source reference: /containers/cna/metrics

Event
#9441 · Revision 1
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