Medium severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 29, 2025· Updated Apr 15, 2026

CVE-2025-4643

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.

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Affected packages

Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
payloadnpm	< 3.44.0	3.44.0
@payloadcms/nextnpm	< 3.44.0	3.44.0
@payloadcms/graphqlnpm	< 3.44.0	3.44.0

Affected products

Payloadcms/Payloadreferences
ghsa-coords3 versions
pkg:npm/%40payloadcms/graphql pkg:npm/%40payloadcms/next pkg:npm/payload
< 3.44.0+ 2 more
- (no CPE)range: < 3.44.0
- (no CPE)range: < 3.44.0
- (no CPE)range: < 3.44.0

Patches

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References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-5v66-m237-hwf7ghsaADVISORY
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-4643ghsaADVISORY
cert.pl/en/posts/2025/08/CVE-2025-4643nvdWEB
github.com/payloadcms/payload/commit/26d709dda6e512ce347557eaa2057db6e0cbf809ghsaWEB
payloadcms.comnvd

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