GHSA-v5gf-vpjc-pc7w
Payload: Unauthenticated account-lockout denial of service
Packages
Details
As written in the advisory (Markdown source, shown as plain text).
### **Impact**
An unauthenticated attacker who knows an account’s email address or username could trigger Payload’s account lockout mechanism and prevent that user from signing in.
You are affected if:
* Using an affected Payload version with an auth-enabled collection that uses local authentication and account lockout.
Applications that do not use Payload local authentication are not affected.
### **Patches**
Successful password resets now clear the account’s lockout state. The forgot-password flow also enforces a configurable minimum interval between reset emails, which defaults to 15 seconds.
Users should upgrade Payload packages to `>= 3.90.0` or `>= 4.0.0-canary.34`.
References
External links from the advisory. They lead to third-party sites.
- https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/security/advisories/GHSA-v5gf-vpjc-pc7w
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-105866
- https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/commit/1c46204a73a0a9f988a80c52690eee5a4ada3cf1
- https://github.com/payloadcms/payload
- https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/releases/tag/v3.90.0