Improper Authentication Affecting laravel/framework package, versions <12.68.0>=13.0.0, <13.27.0
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- published25 Oct 2026
- disclosed22 Oct 2026
- creditHristijan Manasijev
Introduced: 22 Oct 2026
NewCVE-2026-114509 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade laravel/framework to version 12.68.0, 13.27.0 or higher.
Overview
laravel/framework is a PHP framework for web artisans.
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Authentication via TokenGuard in src/Illuminate/Auth/TokenGuard.php, where the token retrieved from the request is not validated to be a string before being used for credential lookup. An attacker can supply a non-string value (such as an array) as the API token input, causing the empty check to pass and allowing authentication as an arbitrary existing user without knowledge of their valid API token.
Note: This is only exploitable when the application is configured with a standard token-based API guard using Laravel's built-in TokenGuard.