Vulnerability · Published Apr 1, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

CVE-2026-34749Payload has a CSRF Protection Bypass in Authentication Flow

Medium 5.4

In plain English

A medium-severity cross-site request forgery 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 0.1% (higher than 3% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.4Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.1%top 97.0% 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 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.

Affected packages & fixed versions

Ecosystem	Package	Fixed in	Advisory
npm	payload	3.79.1	GHSA-p6mr-xf3r-ghq4

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
payloadcms	payload	< 3.79.1

Weakness: CWE-352 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

References

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