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, users with ordinary read access to other authentication documents in a collection with useAPIKey enabled can obtain active API keys and exercise the target accounts' permissions until those keys are rotated or disabled. This issue is fixed in versions 3.90.0 and 4.0.0-canary.34.
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| Source | ID | Title |
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 Github GHSA |
GHSA-238x-w2j9-gwwr | Payload vulnerable to API key disclosure through ordinary document reads |
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Tue, 06 Oct 2026 16:30:00 +0000
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| 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, users with ordinary read access to other authentication documents in a collection with useAPIKey enabled can obtain active API keys and exercise the target accounts' permissions until those keys are rotated or disabled. This issue is fixed in versions 3.90.0 and 4.0.0-canary.34. | |
| Title | Payload: API key disclosure through ordinary document reads | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-201 CWE-862 |
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
Published:
Updated: 2026-10-06T16:09:49.402Z
Reserved: 2026-10-05T23:06:29.747Z
Link: CVE-2026-105849
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