---
id: CVE-2026-105855
title: Payload is a free and open source headless content management system
summary: >-
  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 a…
severity: high
cvss: 7.6
cvssVector: 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'
cwe:
  - CWE-284
vendor: payloadcms
product: payload
affected:
  - payload < 3.90.0
  - 'payload >= 4.0.0-canary.0, < 4.0.0-canary.34'
patched:
  - payload 3.90.0
  - payload 4.0.0-canary.34
published: '2026-10-06'
updated: '2026-10-06'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-06T18:16:48.847'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-105855'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/commit/9de9e7911e29d60870a1d5480412524c63d6411e
    label: security-advisories@github.com
  - url: 'https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/releases/tag/v3.90.0'
    label: security-advisories@github.com
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/security/advisories/GHSA-fx49-4h83-wjv9
    label: security-advisories@github.com
  - url: 'https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-fx49-4h83-wjv9'
tags:
  - nvd
  - cve.org
  - ghsa
  - npm
aliases:
  - GHSA-fx49-4h83-wjv9
ecosystem: npm
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: total
  timestamp: '2026-10-06T17:18:36.218370Z'
cvssSource: cna
ingestedAt: '2026-10-06T17:09:22.181Z'
---

## Overview

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.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.

## Package advisory (CVE-2026-105855)

Affected packages:

- `payload < 3.90.0`
- `payload >= 4.0.0-canary.0, < 4.0.0-canary.34`

Patched in:

- `payload 3.90.0`
- `payload 4.0.0-canary.34`

Source: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-fx49-4h83-wjv9