# Laravel TokenGuard authentication bypass through non-string API credentials

Advisory record · `GHSA-f9x3-7vq9-cph6`

- **Identifiers:** `GHSA-f9x3-7vq9-cph6` · `CVE-2026-114509` · `PKSA-b41t-wbzk-9q51`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 9.2 Critical
- **Critical:** Yes: CVSS 9+
- **Weakness (CWE):** [CWE-287](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/287.html) · [CWE-1287](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/1287.html)
- **Tags:** [Authentication bypass](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/auth-bypass.md) · [CWE-1287](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/cwe-1287.md)
- **Published:** 23 Oct 2026
- **Updated:** 23 Oct 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the GitHub Advisory Database at 23 Oct 2026, 21:50 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known.

## Critical

Critical, because:

- CVSS score 9.2: 9.0 or more.

How we decide what’s critical: <https://agentprime.io/advisories/critical.md>

## Affected packages

- `laravel/framework` (Packagist): affected `>=13.0.0, <13.29.0 || <12.68.0`; fixed in `13.29.0`, `12.68.0`

## Machine-written summary

Summary written by Claude Haiku from the source advisory. Not reviewed by a person.

> Laravel framework versions before 12.68.0, and from 13.0.0 before 13.29.0, have an authentication bypass in the built-in TokenGuard when it is configured with a standard token-based API guard. On MySQL or MariaDB databases, an unauthenticated attacker who submits a specially crafted non-string credential can match another existing user's record and log in as that user without their API token, gaining access to routes protected by that guard. Upgrade laravel/framework to 12.68.0, 13.29.0, or a later release.

Written 31 Oct 2026.

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our analysis of this Advisory yet. Once a person has reviewed it, this page will say what’s vulnerable, what has to be true for your app to be affected, and how to check.

## Severity and exploitation

- 9.2 Critical, CVSS 4.0: `CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`, from CNA (GitHub_M)

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.018, the 79th percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

- 31 Oct 2026, 13:53 UTC: First seen by agentprime
- 31 Oct 2026, 13:53 UTC: [Confirmed by OSV](https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-f9x3-7vq9-cph6)

## Sources

- [GitHub Advisory Database: GHSA-f9x3-7vq9-cph6](https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-f9x3-7vq9-cph6)
- [OSV: GHSA-f9x3-7vq9-cph6](https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-f9x3-7vq9-cph6)
- <https://github.com/laravel/framework/security/advisories/GHSA-f9x3-7vq9-cph6>
- <https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-114509>
- <https://github.com/laravel/framework/commit/8dbb08bccac1be095dba4a9d259a419620f1e8a5>
- <https://github.com/laravel/framework/commit/9b21ce0a9bb2b2599978bc0b0df4abea952ad31c>
- <https://github.com/laravel/framework>
- <https://github.com/laravel/framework/releases/tag/v12.68.0>
- <https://github.com/laravel/framework/releases/tag/v13.29.0>

Facts on this page come from the GitHub Advisory Database (CC-BY 4.0), OSV and the other sources listed, as published. We don’t reproduce full advisory descriptions, which can contain exploit code.

## Check whether this affects you

A Match means an installed version is in the affected range above. Most don’t affect the app; agentprime hasn’t analysed this one yet.

- With the agentprime MCP server (<https://api.agentprime.io/mcp>), ask your agent to check the project: `check_lockfile` sends a lockfile, `check_packages` a list of installed packages, and both return the Matches and the upgrades that clear them. `get_advisory` returns this record. Setup: <https://agentprime.io/mcp.md>
- In a browser: <https://agentprime.io/check/> reads your lockfile in the browser, never uploading it.
- Whether it touches your code, with file and line: the Claude Code plugin, <https://agentprime.io/plugin.md>
- As JSON: <https://api.agentprime.io/v1/advisories/GHSA-f9x3-7vq9-cph6>, or `POST https://api.agentprime.io/v1/match` with your packages (<https://agentprime.io/api.md>)

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