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High · 7.1 CVE-2026-39976 EUVD-2026-20970GHSA-349c-2h2f-mxf6

Laravel Passport's TokenGuard Authenticates Unrelated User for Client Credentials Tokens

Published Apr 9, 2026 · Updated Apr 9, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
laravel passport >= 13.0.0, < 13.7.1 —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
Packagist laravel/passport >= 13.0.0, < 13.7.1 13.7.1 GHSA-349c-2h2f-mxf6

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