An Improper Authorization vulnerability exists in PayloadCMS version 3.84.1 due to insufficient access control on the account unlock operation.
CVE-2026-11779
This medium-severity CVE scores 5.3 under a secondary CVSS source (NVD's own analysis pending). EPSS exploit probability: 0.2%, top 86% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- 5.3
- EG Score
- 5.3(medium)
- EPSS
- 14.4%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
June 26, 2026
Last Modified
June 26, 2026
Advisory Details (2)
Auto-updated Jun 26, 2026PayloadCMS 3.84.1 - Authenticated account lockout bypass through default unlock access | Fluid Attacks
https://fluidattacks.com/es/advisories/stitchesGitHub - payloadcms/payload: Payload is the open-source, fullstack Next.js framework, giving you instant backend superpowers. Get a full TypeScript backend and admin panel instantly. Use Payload as a headless CMS or for building powerful applications. · GitHub
https://github.com/payloadcms/payloadVendor Advisories for CVE-2026-11779(1)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 24× in last 7d / 36× in last 30d)
Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.
- 2026-07-07 07:00 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-07 07:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-07-06 16:27 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-06 07:58 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-06 07:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-07-06 02:23 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-05 08:55 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-05 08:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-07-05 02:30 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-05 02:30 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-04 09:53 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-04 09:53 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-07-04 06:31 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-03 10:52 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-03 10:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-07-02 11:51 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-02 11:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-07-01 15:06 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-01 15:06 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-01 12:49 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-01 12:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-06-30 23:22 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-30 13:47 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-06-30 13:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-06-29 14:46 UTCEG score recompute
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- 2026-06-29 14:46 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-06-29 14:06 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-28 15:44 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-06-28 15:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-06-28 14:07 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-28 04:56 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-28 04:56 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-27 16:43 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-06-27 16:43 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-06-26 17:41 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-06-26 17:41 UTCNVD updatefirst tracked
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