CVE-2026-34749 PUBLISHED

Payload has a CSRF Protection Bypass in Authentication Flow

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 30.03.2026 Published: 01.04.2026 Updated: 01.04.2026

Payload is a free and open source headless content management system. Prior to version 3.79.1, a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability exists in the authentication flow. Under certain conditions, the configured CSRF protection could be bypassed, allowing cross-site requests to be made. This issue has been patched in version 3.79.1.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
CVSS Score: 5.4

Attack Vector	Network	Scope	Unchanged
Attack Complexity	Low	Confidentiality Impact	None
Privileges Required	None	Integrity Impact	Low
User Interaction	Required	Availability Impact	Low

CVSS 3.1

Product Status

Vendor	payloadcms
Product	payload
Versions	Version < 3.79.1 is affected

References

https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/security/advisories/GHSA-p6mr-xf3r-ghq4
https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/releases/tag/v3.79.1

Problem Types

CWE-352: Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) CWE