CVE-2026-105866
MEDIUM
6,9
Source: [email protected]
Attack Vector: network
Attack Complexity: low
Privileges Required: none
User Interaction: none
Confidentiality: N/A
Integrity: N/A
Availability: N/A
Description
AI Translation Available
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.
307
Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts
DraftCommon Consequences
Security Scopes Affected:
Access Control
Potential Impacts:
Bypass Protection Mechanism
Applicable Platforms
All platforms may be affected
645
Overly Restrictive Account Lockout Mechanism
IncompleteCommon Consequences
Security Scopes Affected:
Availability
Potential Impacts:
Dos: Resource Consumption (Other)
Applicable Platforms
All platforms may be affected
https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/commit/1c46204a73a0a9f988a80c52690eee5a4a…
https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/releases/tag/v3.90.0
https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/security/advisories/GHSA-v5gf-vpjc-pc7w