{"id":"CVE-2026-105866","aliases":["EUVD-2026-93512","GHSA-v5gf-vpjc-pc7w"],"status":"published","title":"Payload: Unauthenticated account-lockout denial of service","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.","severity":{"version":"4.0","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","level":"medium","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-12","score":0.00369,"percentile":0.31171,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":true},"cwes":["CWE-307","CWE-645"],"published":"2026-10-06T16:46:31Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:31:04Z","fixes":[{"ecosystem":"npm","package":"payload","fixed_in":["3.90.0","4.0.0-canary.34"],"sources":["ghsa","osv"]}],"affected":[{"source":"ghsa","ecosystem":"npm","package":"payload","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.90.0"}]}]},{"source":"ghsa","ecosystem":"npm","package":"payload","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"4.0.0-canary.0"},{"fixed":"4.0.0-canary.34"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"npm","package":"payload","ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.90.0"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"npm","package":"payload","ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"4.0.0-canary.0"},{"fixed":"4.0.0-canary.34"}]}]}],"products":[{"vendor":"payloadcms","product":"payload"}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/security/advisories/GHSA-v5gf-vpjc-pc7w","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","Vendor Advisory","advisory","web"]},{"url":"https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/commit/1c46204a73a0a9f988a80c52690eee5a4ada3cf1","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","Patch","fix","web"]},{"url":"https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/releases/tag/v3.90.0","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","Patch","Release Notes","web"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-105866","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-v5gf-vpjc-pc7w"},{"url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/105xxx/CVE-2026-105866.json","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/payloadcms/payload","tags":["package"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2026-105866","title":"Payload: Unauthenticated account-lockout denial of service","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.","status":"published","published":"2026-10-06T16:46:31.069Z","modified":"2026-10-06T17:39:09.686Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","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","level":"medium","assessor":"cna"}],"cwes":["CWE-307","CWE-645"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:19:56.755658Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2026-93512","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.","status":"published","published":"2026-10-06T16:46:31Z","modified":"2026-10-06T17:39:09Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","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","level":"medium"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T17:27:37.140631Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-v5gf-vpjc-pc7w","title":"Payload: Unauthenticated account-lockout denial of service","description":"### **Impact**\n\nAn unauthenticated attacker who knows an account’s email address or username could trigger Payload’s account lockout mechanism and prevent that user from signing in.\n\nYou are affected if:\n\n* Using an affected Payload version with an auth-enabled collection that uses local authentication and account lockout.\n\nApplications that do not use Payload local authentication are not affected.\n\n### **Patches**\n\nSuccessful password resets now clear the account’s lockout state. The forgot-password flow also enforces a configurable minimum interval between reset emails, which defaults to 15 seconds.\n\nUsers should upgrade Payload packages to `\u003e= 3.90.0` or `\u003e= 4.0.0-canary.34`.","status":"published","published":"2026-10-07T20:29:04Z","modified":"2026-10-07T20:29:05Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","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","level":"medium"}],"cwes":["CWE-307","CWE-645"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:41:29.107536Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2026-105866","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.","status":"published","published":"2026-10-06T17:17:22.99Z","modified":"2026-10-15T00:08:37.49Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X","level":"medium","assessor":"secondary"},{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"primary"}],"cwes":["CWE-307","CWE-645"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:12:54.486849Z"}],"osv":[{"id":"CVE-2026-105866","title":"Payload: Unauthenticated account-lockout denial of service","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.","status":"published","published":"2026-10-06T16:46:31.069Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:31:04.383674106Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","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","level":"medium"}],"cwes":["CWE-307","CWE-645"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:44:54.583213Z"},{"id":"GHSA-v5gf-vpjc-pc7w","title":"Payload: Unauthenticated account-lockout denial of service","description":"### **Impact**\n\nAn unauthenticated attacker who knows an account’s email address or username could trigger Payload’s account lockout mechanism and prevent that user from signing in.\n\nYou are affected if:\n\n* Using an affected Payload version with an auth-enabled collection that uses local authentication and account lockout.\n\nApplications that do not use Payload local authentication are not affected.\n\n### **Patches**\n\nSuccessful password resets now clear the account’s lockout state. The forgot-password flow also enforces a configurable minimum interval between reset emails, which defaults to 15 seconds.\n\nUsers should upgrade Payload packages to `\u003e= 3.90.0` or `\u003e= 4.0.0-canary.34`.","status":"published","published":"2026-10-07T20:29:04Z","modified":"2026-10-07T20:45:07.141150205Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","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","level":"medium"}],"cwes":["CWE-307","CWE-645"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:46:56.639206Z"}]}}