payloadcms/payload · Security
Payload vulnerable to API key disclosure through ordinary document reads
- GHSA ID
- GHSA-238x-w2j9-gwwr
- CVE ID
- CVE-2026-105849
- Severity
- high
- Published
- Updated
- CVSS v4
- 7.7 · 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
Description
Impact
Users with read access to other user documents could access their active API keys. An exposed key grants the target account’s permissions until rotated or disabled.
You are affected if:
- An authentication collection enables
useAPIKey. - Users have read access to other user documents containing active API keys.
Patches
Users should upgrade payload packages to >= 3.90.0 or >= 4.0.0-canary.34.
Workarounds
Disable useAPIKey or restrict users to reading only their own authentication document. Rotate any API key that may have been exposed.
CWEs
- CWE-201 · Insertion of Sensitive Information Into Sent Data
- CWE-862 · Missing Authorization