GHSA-238x-w2j9-gwwr

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Source
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-238x-w2j9-gwwr
Import Source
https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/10/GHSA-238x-w2j9-gwwr/GHSA-238x-w2j9-gwwr.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-238x-w2j9-gwwr
Aliases
Published
2026-10-06T16:18:16Z
Modified
2026-10-06T16:30:04Z
Severity
  • 7.7 (High) CVSS_V4 - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
Payload vulnerable to API key disclosure through ordinary document reads
Details

Impact

Users with read access to other user documents could access their active API keys. An exposed key grants the target account’s permissions until rotated or disabled.

You are affected if:

  • An authentication collection enables useAPIKey.
  • Users have read access to other user documents containing active API keys.

Patches

Users should upgrade payload packages to >= 3.90.0 or >= 4.0.0-canary.34.

Workarounds

Disable useAPIKey or restrict users to reading only their own authentication document. Rotate any API key that may have been exposed.

Database specific 
{
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-201",
        "CWE-862"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2026-10-06T16:18:16Z",
    "nvd_published_at": null,
    "severity": "HIGH"
}
References

Affected packages

npm / payload

Package

Name
payload
View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl
pkg:npm/payload

Affected ranges

Type
SEMVER
Events
Introduced
3.0.0
Fixed
3.90.0

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/10/GHSA-238x-w2j9-gwwr/GHSA-238x-w2j9-gwwr.json"

npm / payload

Package

Name
payload
View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl
pkg:npm/payload

Affected ranges

Type
SEMVER
Events
Introduced
4.0.0-canary.0
Fixed
4.0.0-canary.34

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/10/GHSA-238x-w2j9-gwwr/GHSA-238x-w2j9-gwwr.json"