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Disabled TLS certificate verification in alexpechkarev google-maps

Priority MEDIUM 40CWE-295Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
High
Attack requirements
Present
Impact type
Spoofing
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · None
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-295.

Summary

The alexpechkarev/google-maps Laravel package through 12.16 disables TLS certificate verification by default because its bundled config sets ssl_verify_peer to FALSE. An on-path attacker can present any certificate to intercept Google Maps web-service requests, steal the API key from the query string, and tamper with responses. The flaw is improper certificate validation (CWE-295), and exploitation requires a network position between the server and Google.

Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29

Description from the CNA

The alexpechkarev/google-maps Laravel package through 12.16 disables TLS certificate verification by default because the bundled config sets ssl_verify_peer to FALSE, which is passed to CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER. On-path attackers can present any certificate to intercept Google Maps web-service requests, steal the API key from the query string, and tamper with responses.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00189 8th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Total

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

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
alexpechkarevgoogle-maps1.0.3 – 12.16—No fix listedCNA
  • google-maps Vendoralexpechkarev Affected 1.0.3 – 12.16 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

Remediation

The sources list no fixed version for alexpechkarev/google-maps.

Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-05 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-105222
  2. 2026-10-05 Alias added: GHSA-mpgp-p4pg-fp7c
  3. 2026-10-05 Priority changed: LOW → MEDIUM

References

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