The authentication method in Laravel 8.x through 9.x before 9.32.0 was discovered to be…
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
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
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-40482
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-5qxg-5vwh-7j5j
References
More Laravel Framework vulnerabilities
- 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
Sources
- CVE-2022-40482 · CVE Program
- CVE-2022-40482 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-5qxg-5vwh-7j5j · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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