GHSA-69rh-hccr-cxrj — lomkit/laravel-rest-api
Fix: Lomkit/laravel-rest-api#172GHSA-69rh-hccr-cxrj is a Improper Input Validation vulnerability in lomkit/laravel-rest-api. A fix is available for lomkit/laravel-rest-api — see the affected versions and patch details below.
Laravel Rest Api has a Search Validation Bypass
Exploitation Status
No confirmed exploitation observed yet
- CISA assesses this as automatable — exploitation doesn’t require manual, per-target effort, which raises the odds of mass scanning and opportunistic attacks.
- CISA’s own triage has not observed active exploitation or public proof-of-concept code for this CVE as of its last assessment.
Exploitation and automatability from CISA’s SSVC triage for GHSA-69rh-hccr-cxrj.
EPSS Exploitation Probability
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) is a daily probability model maintained by FIRST.org. It estimates the likelihood a CVE will be exploited in production environments within the next 30 days, derived from real-world threat intelligence signals.
Real-World Exposure
lomkit/laravel-rest-apiReal-time download stats are indexed for npm and PyPI packages. This vulnerability affects Packagist packages — download data is not available via public APIs for these ecosystems.
Description
A validation bypass vulnerability was discovered prior to version 2.13.0, where multiple validations defined for the same attribute could be silently overridden. Due to how the framework merged validation rules across multiple contexts (such as index, store, and update actions), malicious actors could exploit this behavior by crafting requests that bypass expected validation rules, potentially injecting unexpected or dangerous parameters into the application.
Impact:
This could lead to unauthorized data being accepted or processed by the API, depending on the context in which the validation was bypassed.
Patch:
The issue was fixed in PR #172 by ensuring that multiple rule definitions are merged correctly rather than overwritten.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🐘Packagist | lomkit/laravel-rest-api | all versions | 2.13.0composer require lomkit/laravel-rest-api:^2.13.0 |
Detection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for lomkit/laravel-rest-api, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update lomkit/laravel-rest-api to 2.13.0 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms GHSA-69rh-hccr-cxrj is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.
How O3 protects you
O3 Security's impact-aware SCA analyses which vulnerable code paths your application actually calls, so a match like GHSA-69rh-hccr-cxrj can be triaged on real exposure rather than presence alone.
Tailored to GHSA-69rh-hccr-cxrj. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is GHSA-69rh-hccr-cxrj in your dependencies?
O3 Security finds GHSA-69rh-hccr-cxrj across Packagist dependencies, including transitive ones, and its impact-aware SCA ranks findings by whether your code actually calls the vulnerable path.