Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key Affecting payload package, versions <3.74.0
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- published6 Feb 2026
- disclosed5 Feb 2026
- creditseongmo
Introduced: 5 Feb 2026
NewCVE-2026-25574 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade payload to version 3.74.0 or higher.
Overview
payload is a Node, React and MongoDB Headless CMS and Application Framework
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key via the auth collections in multi-auth collection environments using Postgres or SQLite with serial or auto-increment IDs. An attacker can access and delete preferences belonging to users in different authentication collections by exploiting numeric ID collisions.