Description
Payload is a free and open source headless content management system. In versions before 3.90.0 and canary versions before 4.0.0-canary.34, an unauthenticated attacker who knows an account email address or username can abuse the account lockout mechanism of a local-authentication collection to prevent that account from signing in. This issue is fixed in versions 3.90.0 and 4.0.0-canary.34.
Published: 2026-10-06
Score: 6.9 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-v5gf-vpjc-pc7w Payload: Unauthenticated account-lockout denial of service
History

Wed, 07 Oct 2026 06:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Payloadcms
Payloadcms payload
Vendors & Products Payloadcms
Payloadcms payload
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Tue, 06 Oct 2026 17:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Payload is a free and open source headless content management system. In versions before 3.90.0 and canary versions before 4.0.0-canary.34, an unauthenticated attacker who knows an account email address or username can abuse the account lockout mechanism of a local-authentication collection to prevent that account from signing in. This issue is fixed in versions 3.90.0 and 4.0.0-canary.34.
Title Payload: Unauthenticated account-lockout denial of service
Weaknesses CWE-307
CWE-645
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 6.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


Subscriptions

Payloadcms Payload
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-06T17:39:09.686Z

Reserved: 2026-10-05T23:06:29.748Z

Link: CVE-2026-105866

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-10-06T17:34:38.655Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-10-06T17:17:22.990

Modified: 2026-10-06T20:03:40.690

Link: CVE-2026-105866

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-10-07T06:15:12Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-307

    Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts

  • CWE-645

    Overly Restrictive Account Lockout Mechanism