CVE-2026-105804 PUBLISHED

Payload: Password hashes use insufficient PBKDF2 iterations

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 05.10.2026 Published: 06.10.2026 Updated: 06.10.2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 4.0

CVSS Vector: 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
CVSS Score: 5.7

Exploitability Metrics		Vulnerable System Impact Metrics		Subsequent System Impact Metrics
Attack Vector	Local	Confidentiality	High	Confidentiality	None
Attack Complexity	High	Integrity	Low	Integrity	None
Attack Requirements	Present	Availability	None	Availability	None
Privileges Required	High
User Interaction	None

CVSS 4.0

Product Status

Vendor	payloadcms
Product	payload
Versions	Version >= 3.0.0, < 3.90.0 is affected Version >= 4.0.0-canary.0, < 4.0.0-canary.34 is affected

References

Problem Types

CWE-916: Use of Password Hash With Insufficient Computational Effort CWE