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CVE-2026-105855

Payload is a free and open source headless content management system.

HIGH 7.6EPSS 0.25%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.25%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

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, the server fails to enforce a field-level access.update restriction on the password field of an authentication collection. This issue is fixed in versions 3.90.0 and 4.0.0-canary.34.

CVSS 4.0: 7.6 HIGHCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/M
EPSS: 0.25% probability · 16th percentile
Public exploits: None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-284
Affected: payloadcms/payload
Source: security-advisories@github.com

EPSS trend

EPSS moved from 0.3% on 7 October 2026 to 0.2% on 26 October 2026.

References

https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/commit/9de9e7911e29d60870a1d5480412524c63d6411ePatch
https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/releases/tag/v3.90.0Patch, Release Notes
https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/security/advisories/GHSA-fx49-4h83-wjv9Vendor Advisory

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.