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Vulnerability details: VCID-qqc1-bxkd-8bfx
Vulnerability ID VCID-qqc1-bxkd-8bfx
Aliases GHSA-6wjw-qf87-fv5v
Summary Laravel Encrypter Failure to decryption vulnerability A potential exploit of the Laravel Encrypter component that may cause the Encrypter to fail on decryption and unexpectedly return false. To exploit this, the attacker must be able to modify the encrypted payload before it is decrypted. Depending on the code within your application, this could lead to unexpected behavior when combined with weak type comparisons, for example: ```php <?php $decyptedValue = decrypt($secret); if ($decryptedValue == '') { // Code is run even though decrypted value is false... } ```
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 2.7
Risk 1.4
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-1240 Use of a Cryptographic Primitive with a Risky Implementation
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
cvssv3.1_qr LOW https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6wjw-qf87-fv5v
generic_textual LOW https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/illuminate/encryption/2018-03-30-1.yaml
generic_textual LOW https://github.com/illuminate/encryption
generic_textual LOW https://github.com/illuminate/encryption/commit/51667a52bd7d135c6aa40a897656ffe9d3cd072d
generic_textual LOW https://github.com/illuminate/encryption/commit/c80b1da6a0412bd74bd56dc80f6126f561631b05
generic_textual LOW https://medium.com/@taylorotwell/laravel-security-release-5-6-15-and-5-5-40-56f1257933a0
Reference id Reference type URL
https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/illuminate/encryption/2018-03-30-1.yaml
https://github.com/illuminate/encryption
https://github.com/illuminate/encryption/commit/51667a52bd7d135c6aa40a897656ffe9d3cd072d
https://github.com/illuminate/encryption/commit/c80b1da6a0412bd74bd56dc80f6126f561631b05
https://medium.com/@taylorotwell/laravel-security-release-5-6-15-and-5-5-40-56f1257933a0
GHSA-6wjw-qf87-fv5v https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6wjw-qf87-fv5v
No exploits are available.

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Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-06-04T16:21:41.303534+00:00 GitLab Importer Import https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/packagist/illuminate/encryption/GHSA-6wjw-qf87-fv5v.yml 38.6.0