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

What is CVE-2026-25574?

CVE-2026-25574 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in payloadcms payload, published on 6 Feb 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

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.

Weakness: CWE-639

Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-25574?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including payload. It affects 1 product.

Products include Payloadcms Payload.

How do I fix CVE-2026-25574?

Upgrade payload to 3.74.0 or later.

Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.

Is CVE-2026-25574 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-25574 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in payloadcms payload

• CVE-2026-105857 Payload: RCE in Payload Form Builder Critical 10.0
• CVE-2026-105859 Payload: Unauthorized update to collection documents Critical 9.8
• CVE-2026-25544 Payload has an SQL Injection in JSON/RichText Queries on PostgreSQL/SQLite Adapters Critical 9.8
• CVE-2022-27952 Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type in Payload Critical 9.8
• CVE-2026-105851 Payload: Field access control bypass on auth collections Critical 9.3

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-jq29-r496-r955.