CVE-2026-39976

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

Published Apr 9, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 7.1 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
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.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-349c-2h2f-mxf6 Laravel Passport: TokenGuard Authenticates Unrelated User for Client Credentials Tokens
History
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CPEs cpe:2.3:a:laravel:passport:*:*:*:*:*:laravel:*:*
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First Time appeared Laravel
Laravel passport
Vendors & Products Laravel
Laravel passport
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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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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.
Title Laravel Passport's TokenGuard Authenticates Unrelated User for Client Credentials Tokens
Weaknesses CWE-287
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
Apr 9, 2026, 7:31 PM
Reserved
Apr 8, 2026, 12:01 AM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Apr 9, 2026, 5:16 PM
Modified
Oct 26, 2026, 9:10 PM