CVE-2025-4643
Payload does not invalidate JWTs after log out
EPSS 0.06%
Description
Payload uses JSON Web Tokens (JWT) for authentication. After log out JWT is not invalidated, which allows an attacker who has stolen or intercepted token to freely reuse it until expiration date (which is by default set to 2 hours, but can be changed). This issue has been fixed in version 3.44.0 of Payload.
How to fix CVE-2025-4643
To remediate CVE-2025-4643, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- npm/payload—upgrade to 3.44.0 or later
- npm/@payloadcms/graphql—upgrade to 3.44.0 or later
- —upgrade to 3.44.0 or later
Is CVE-2025-4643 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 3.44.0
- from 0, < 3.44.0
- from 0, < 3.44.0
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 4.0 | — | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |