Use of Password Hash With Insufficient Computational Effort Affecting payload package, versions >=3.0.0 <3.90.0>=4.0.0-canary.0 <4.0.0-canary.34
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- published8 Oct 2026
- disclosed6 Oct 2026
- creditGeorge Lazarica
Introduced: 6 Oct 2026
NewCVE-2026-105804 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade payload to version 3.90.0, 4.0.0-canary.34 or higher.
Overview
payload is a Node, React and MongoDB Headless CMS and Application Framework
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Use of Password Hash With Insufficient Computational Effort via generatePasswordSaltHash.ts and the local authentication strategy, which use insufficiently strong password hashing parameters. An attacker with access to the underlying database can recover user passwords more easily than the intended security margin allows due to the weak hashing configuration.