Payload has a CSRF Protection Bypass in Authentication Flow

### Impact A Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability existed in the authentication flow. Under certain conditions, the configured CSRF protection could be bypassed, allowing cross-site requests to be made. Consumers are affected if ALL of these are true: - Payload version **< v3.79.1** - `serverURL` is configured ### Patches This vulnerability has been patched in **v3.79.1**. Additional validation has been added to the authentication flow. Consumers should upgrade to **v3.79.1** or later. ### Workarounds There is no complete workaround without upgrading. If consumers cannot upgrade immediately, setting `cookies.sameSite` to `'Strict'` will prevent the session cookie from being sent cross-site. However, this will also require users to re-authenticate when navigating to the application from external links (e.g. email, other sites).

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1 Apr 2026 21:36:06 UTC

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1 Apr 2026 21:56:21 UTC

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24 Oct 2026 13:17:17 UTC

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CVSS_V3 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

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