Medium 5.7Published Oct 6, 2026

CVE-2026-105804Payload: Password hashes use insufficient PBKDF2 iterations

Updated under an hour ago (2026-10-19 08:23 UTC)

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Payload is a free and open source headless content management system. Payload versions from 3.0.0 before 3.90.0 and canary versions from 4.0.0-canary.0 before 4.0.0-canary.34 use a lower-than-recommended PBKDF2 work factor for password hashing, reducing the computational effort required to test recovered password hashes. This issue is fixed in versions 3.90.0 and 4.0.0-canary.34.

CVSS: 5.7 MEDIUM (v4.0, CNA)CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-916
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: GitHub_M
NVD analysis: Undergoing Analysis
Record last updated: Oct 6, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

payloadcms payload payloadcms:payload (from the name)	from 3.0.0, < 3.90.0; from 4.0.0-canary.0, < 4.0.0-canary.34	CNA record

References

https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/security/advisories/GHSA-q6mq-ch85-c8mmx-refsource-confirm
https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/commit/1bc76e540a10f3ec88340f40591a57dae7456d01x-refsource-misc
https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/releases/tag/v3.90.0x-refsource-misc

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