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TI-2022-19208 Aliases CVE-2022-40482GHSA-5qxg-5vwh-7j5j

The authentication method in Laravel 8.x through 9.x before 9.32.0 was discovered to be…

Priority MEDIUM 63CWE-203Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Information disclosure
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · None · None
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-203.

Summary

The authentication method in Laravel 8.x through 9.x before 9.32.0 was discovered to be vulnerable to user enumeration via timeless timing attacks with HTTP/2 multiplexing. This is caused by the early return inside the hasValidCredentials method in the Illuminate\Auth\SessionGuard class when a user is found to not exist.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00888 59th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 2 exploit referencesTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
Yes
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:laravel:framework:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*8.0.0 to before 8.83.24; 9.0.0 to before 9.32.0VulnerableLaravel
  • cpe:2.3:a:laravel:framework:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.0.0 to before 8.83.24; 9.0.0 to before 9.32.0 Vulnerable ·Laravel

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-40482
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-5qxg-5vwh-7j5j

References

  • TI-2024-34976 Laravel allows environment manipulation via query string CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
  • TI-2024-12938 Laravel Reflected XSS via Route Parameter in Debug-Mode Error Page CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.0
  • TI-2024-12937 Laravel Reflected XSS via Request Parameter in Debug-Mode Error Page CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.0
  • TI-2021-19485 Laravel Framework through 8.70.2 does not sufficiently block the upload of executable PHP… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2020-13600 OS Command injection vulnerability in function link in Filesystem.php in Laravel Framework before 5.8.17. CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2018-04655 Laravel 5.4.15 is vulnerable to Error based SQL injection in save.php via dhx_user and dhx_version parameters. CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
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Sources