Vulnerability · Published Feb 6, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

CVE-2026-25574Payload Affected by Cross-Collection IDOR in payload-preferences Access Control (Multi-Auth Environments)

Medium 5.4

In plain English

A medium-severity authorization bypass via user-controlled key in payload from payloadcms. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 12% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.4Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 88.1% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Payload is a free and open source headless content management system. Prior to 3.74.0, a cross-collection Insecure Direct Object Reference (IDOR) vulnerability exists in the payload-preferences internal collection. In multi-auth collection environments using Postgres or SQLite with default serial/auto-increment IDs, authenticated users from one auth collection can read and delete preferences belonging to users in different auth collections when their numeric IDs collide. This vulnerability has been patched in v3.74.0.

Affected packages & fixed versions

Ecosystem	Package	Fixed in	Advisory
npm	payload	3.74.0	GHSA-jq29-r496-r955

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
payloadcms	payload	< 3.74.0

Weakness: CWE-639 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

References

https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/security/advisories/GHSA-jq29-r496-r955 x_refsource_CONFIRM