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

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