CVE-2026-105858

HIGHCVSS 8.1

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, a crafted request to the public first-register operation can execute code remotely when local authentication is enabled and no initial user has been created. This issue is fixed in versions 3.90.0 and 4.0.0-canary.34.

Timeline

Published:October 6th, 2026 5:17 PM

Last modified:October 15th, 2026 12:11 AM

CVSS Scoring

CVSS v3: 8.1 (HIGH)

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Software

From NVD CPE configuration data

Vendors

payloadcms

Products

payload

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-94 CWE-1321

References & Reports

Advisories, patches, and third-party reports

https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/commit/e947fc4ba4a434f276d043386e501b1d14eda679Patch
https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/releases/tag/v3.90.0Patch
https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/security/advisories/GHSA-97rh-rhh2-7vjvVendor Advisory

Source: NIST NVD · Data may lag official sources by up to one minute