Payload is a free and open source headless content management system. Payload versions from 3.0.0 before 3.90.0 and canary versions from 4.0.0-canary.0 before 4.0.0-canary.34 use a lower-than-recommended PBKDF2 work factor for password hashing, reducing the computational effort required to test recovered password hashes. This issue is fixed in versions 3.90.0 and 4.0.0-canary.34.
Advisories
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Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-q6mq-ch85-c8mm Payload: Password hashes use insufficient PBKDF2 iterations
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Tue, 06 Oct 2026 15:30:00 +0000

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Description Payload is a free and open source headless content management system. Payload versions from 3.0.0 before 3.90.0 and canary versions from 4.0.0-canary.0 before 4.0.0-canary.34 use a lower-than-recommended PBKDF2 work factor for password hashing, reducing the computational effort required to test recovered password hashes. This issue is fixed in versions 3.90.0 and 4.0.0-canary.34.
Title Payload: Password hashes use insufficient PBKDF2 iterations
Weaknesses CWE-916
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 5.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-06T17:40:31.161Z

Reserved: 2026-10-05T20:37:19.365Z

Link: CVE-2026-105804

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-06T16:17:05.823

Modified: 2026-10-06T16:17:05.823

Link: CVE-2026-105804

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