Machine-written summary
Summary written by Claude Haiku from the source advisory. Not reviewed by a person.
Cachet versions before 2.5.1 (Packagist package cachethq/cachet) let any authenticated user, whether a regular User or an Admin, leak the value of any entry in the dotenv configuration file, such as the application secret APP_KEY and email, database and other passwords. Upgrade to Cachet 2.5.1 or later, which prevents nested variables in the generated dotenv file. As a workaround, restrict access to the administration dashboard to trusted IP addresses.
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Severity and exploitation
| Score | Rating | CVSS | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8.8 | High | 3.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | CNA (GitHub_M) |
- CISA KEV Not listed.
- EPSS 0.050, the 92nd percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Timeline
- 31 Oct 2026, 14:25 UTC First seen by agentprime
- 31 Oct 2026, 14:25 UTC Confirmed by OSV
Sources
- GitHub Advisory Database: GHSA-88f9-7xxh-c688
- OSV: GHSA-88f9-7xxh-c688
- github.com/fiveai/Cachet/security/advisories/GHSA-88f9-7xxh-c688
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-39174
- blog.sonarsource.com/cachet-code-execution-via-laravel-configuration-injection
- github.com/cachethq/Cachet
- github.com/fiveai/Cachet/releases/tag/v2.5.1