CVE-2026-105853

Payload: Token refresh and password reset responses may expose restricted user fields

State: Published
Severity: 7.1 High
Published: Oct 6, 2026
Updated: Oct 9, 2026
Reserved: Oct 5, 2026

Description

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, token refresh responses and password reset responses can independently return hidden or read-restricted fields that the requesting user cannot access. This issue is fixed in versions 3.90.0 and 4.0.0-canary.34.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
4.0	7.1 High	CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N	GitHub_M

Weaknesses

CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

Affected Products

Product	Versions
payloadpayloadcms	>= 3.0.0, < 3.90.0Affected >= 4.0.0-canary.0, < 4.0.0-canary.34Affected

References

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