GHSA-238x-w2j9-gwwrHigh

Payload vulnerable to API key disclosure through ordinary document reads

Published
October 6, 2026
Last Modified
October 6, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

📋 Description

Impact

Users with read access to other user documents could access their active API keys. An exposed key grants the target account’s permissions until rotated or disabled.

You are affected if:

  • An authentication collection enables useAPIKey.
  • Users have read access to other user documents containing active API keys.

Patches

Users should upgrade payload packages to >= 3.90.0 or >= 4.0.0-canary.34.

Workarounds

Disable useAPIKey or restrict users to reading only their own authentication document. Rotate any API key that may have been exposed.

🎯 Affected products2

  • npm/payload:>= 3.0.0, < 3.90.0
  • npm/payload:>= 4.0.0-canary.0, < 4.0.0-canary.34

🔗 References (4)