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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD7.7 High

CVE-2026-105849

Payload: API key disclosure through ordinary document reads

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.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

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  • >= 3.0.0, < 3.90.0affected
  • >= 4.0.0-canary.0, < 4.0.0-canary.34affected

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