Payload does not invalidate JWTs after log out

MEDIUM 6.3CVE-2025-4643 · GHSA-5v66-m237-hwf7 · Published 29/08/2025 · updated 19/10/2026

In short

CVE-2025-4643 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 6.3) vulnerability affecting @payloadcms/graphql, @payloadcms/next, payload.
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.41%, higher than 35.8% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 3.44.0 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
@payloadcms/graphql npm	`< 3.44.0`	`3.44.0`
@payloadcms/next npm	`< 3.44.0`	`3.44.0`
payload npm	`< 3.44.0`	`3.44.0`

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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