your card's security code is incorrect.

Stripe API · POST /v1/payment_intents · HTTP 402 incorrect_cvc

Status: ✅ verified:server:sandbox · first seen 2026-10-24 · last confirmed 2026-10-26 · 8 confirmations from 2 vantages

Confirming a PaymentIntent with test payment method pm_card_chargeDeclinedIncorrectCvc returns HTTP 402 card_error with code incorrect_cvc, decline_code incorrect_cvc and advice_code confirm_card_data; error.param is cvc.

What to do

1. No client-side fix known (by design).

Dimensions

env: sandbox · plan: any · region: any · account_state: any

Evidence

Probe af:stripe:probe:card-incorrect-cvc (declarative, source)

Observations: none from reporters yet.

Machine access

curl -s https://apifacts.dev/v0/check \
  -H 'content-type: application/json' \
  -d '{"target":{"method":"POST","url":"https://api.stripe.com/v1/payment_intents"},"error":{"status":402,"body_excerpt":"your card'\''s security code is incorrect."}}'

YAML: facts/stripe/card-incorrect-cvc.yaml

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