CVE-2021-43996

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2021-11-17 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

The Ignition component before 1.16.15, and 2.0.x before 2.0.6, for Laravel has a "fix variable names" feature that can lead to incorrect access control.

Affected products

Facade Ignition: before 1.6.15; from 2.0.0 before 2.0.6 — fixed in 1.6.15, 2.0.6

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Facade Ignition 1.6.15, 2.0.6. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://github.com/facade/ignition/compare/1.16.14...1.16.15
https://github.com/facade/ignition/compare/2.0.5...2.0.6
https://github.com/facade/ignition/pull/285
https://github.com/facade/ignition/compare/1.16.14...1.16.15
https://github.com/facade/ignition/compare/2.0.5...2.0.6
https://github.com/facade/ignition/pull/285

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