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CVE-2026-39976

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Description

Laravel Passport provides OAuth2 server support to Laravel. From 13.0.0 to before 13.7.1, there is an Authentication Bypass for client_credentials tokens. the league/oauth2-server library sets the JWT sub claim to the client identifier (since there's no user). The token guard then passes this value to retrieveById() without validating it's actually a user identifier, potentially resolving an unrelated real user. Any machine-to-machine token can inadvertently authenticate as an actual user. This vulnerability is fixed in 13.7.1.

Severity
HIGH
CVSS score
7.1 (v3.1)
Vulnerability status
Analyzed
Source identifier
Published
2026-04-09 17:16:31.267000
Last modified
2026-10-26 21:10:00.170000
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  "published": "2026-04-09T17:16:31.267",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-26T21:10:00.170",
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      "value": "Laravel Passport proporciona soporte de servidor OAuth2 a Laravel. Desde la 13.0.0 hasta antes de la 13.7.1, existe una omisión de autenticación para los tokens de client_credentials. La biblioteca league/oauth2-server establece la declaración sub de JWT al identificador del cliente (ya que no hay usuario). El token guard luego pasa este valor a retrieveById() sin validar que es realmente un identificador de usuario, resolviendo potencialmente un usuario real no relacionado. Cualquier token de máquina a máquina puede autenticarse inadvertidamente como un usuario real. Esta vulnerabilidad está corregida en la 13.7.1."
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