๐Ÿ” CVE Alert

CVE-2026-105858

HIGH 8.1

Payload: Remote Code Execution through first-register

CVSS Score
8.1
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

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, a crafted request to the public first-register operation can execute code remotely when local authentication is enabled and no initial user has been created. This issue is fixed in versions 3.90.0 and 4.0.0-canary.34.

CWE CWE-94 CWE-1321
Vendor payloadcms
Product payload
Published Oct 6, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Affected Versions

payloadcms / payload
< 3.90.0 >= 4.0.0-canary.0, < 4.0.0-canary.34

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
github.com: https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/security/advisories/GHSA-97rh-rhh2-7vjv github.com: https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/commit/e947fc4ba4a434f276d043386e501b1d14eda679 github.com: https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/releases/tag/v3.90.0