Resource Consumption Issue in Payload CMS Versions
CVE-2026-105854

8.7HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Payloadcms

Status
Vendor
CVE Published:
6 October 2026

What is CVE-2026-105854?

A potential resource consumption issue has been identified in Payload CMS, versions 3.0.0 through 3.90.0 and earlier canary releases before 4.0.0-canary.34. Specifically, a malformed multipart request body can lead to excessive resource usage due to prolonged processing times of multipart Content-Type. This vulnerability has been addressed in the updates to version 3.90.0 and 4.0.0-canary.34, encouraging users to upgrade to mitigate these risks. For more details, refer to the security advisory and commits linked in the references.

Affected Version(s)

payload >= 3.0.0, < 3.90.0 < 3.0.0, 3.90.0

payload >= 4.0.0-canary.0, < 4.0.0-canary.34 < 4.0.0-canary.0, 4.0.0-canary.34

References

CVSS V4

Score:
8.7
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Attack Required:
None
Privileges Required:
Undefined
User Interaction:
None

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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