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TI-2024-38667 Aliases GHSA-6wjw-qf87-fv5v

Laravel Encrypter Failure to decryption vulnerability

Priority LOW 38CWE-1240Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
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Privileges required
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User interaction
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Attack complexity
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Impact type
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Confidentiality · integrity · availability
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Fix status
Fixed

No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from GitHub.

Summary

A potential exploit of the Laravel Encrypter component that may cause the Encrypter to fail on decryption and unexpectedly return false. To exploit this, the attacker must be able to modify the encrypted payload before it is decrypted. Depending on the code within your application, this could lead to unexpected behavior when combined with weak type comparisons, for example: ```php <?php $decyptedValue = decrypt($secret); if ($decryptedValue == '') { // Code is run even though decrypted value is false... } ```

Why it matters now

Fix Fixed illuminate/encryption (Packagist): 5.5.40, 5.6.15

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
—illuminate/encryption (Packagist)5.5.0 to before 5.5.405.5.40Patch availableGHSA-6wjw-qf87-fv5v
—illuminate/encryption (Packagist)5.6.0 to before 5.6.155.6.15Patch availableGHSA-6wjw-qf87-fv5v
  • illuminate/encryption (Packagist) Vendor— Affected 5.5.0 to before 5.5.40 Fixed in 5.5.40 Patch available GHSA-6wjw-qf87-fv5v
  • illuminate/encryption (Packagist) Vendor— Affected 5.6.0 to before 5.6.15 Fixed in 5.6.15 Patch available GHSA-6wjw-qf87-fv5v

Remediation

  • Fix · GHSA-6wjw-qf87-fv5v illuminate/encryption (Packagist) Fixed in 5.5.40 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-6wjw-qf87-fv5v illuminate/encryption (Packagist) Fixed in 5.6.15 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-03 Threatist record created from GHSA-6wjw-qf87-fv5v

References

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Sources

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