Laravel APP_KEY Vulnerability Allows Remote Code Execution – Hundreds of Apps Affected

A critical vulnerability in Laravel applications exposes APP_KEY configuration values, enabling attackers to achieve remote code execution (RCE).  Collaborative research between GitGuardian and Synacktiv revealed that approximately 260,000 APP_KEYs have been exposed on GitHub since 2018, with over 600 applications confirmed vulnerable to trivial RCE attacks.  The vulnerability stems from Laravel’s automatic deserialization of decrypted […]

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