Vulnerability record · CVE-2026-39976 · published 9 April 2026
CVE-2026-39976: Laravel passport improper authentication vulnerability
Laravel · Passport
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.
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.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N
Affected products
1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.
References
| Link | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/laravel/passport/issues/1900 | ExploitIssue Tracking |
| https://github.com/laravel/passport/pull/1901 | Issue TrackingPatch |
| https://github.com/laravel/passport/pull/1902 | Issue TrackingPatch |
| https://github.com/laravel/passport/security/advisories/GHSA-349c-2h2f-mxf6 | MitigationVendor Advisory |
| https://github.com/thephpleague/oauth2-server/issues/1456#issuecomment-2734989996 | Issue TrackingPatch |
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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2026-39976), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.