Critical severity · published Jan 21, 2026
CVE-2026-23524
Laravel Redis Horizontal Scaling Insecure Deserialization
9.8
CVSS
1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Laravel Reverb provides a real-time WebSocket communication backend for Laravel applications. In versions 1.6.3 and below, Reverb passes data from the Redis channel directly into PHP’s unserialize() function without restricting which classes can be instantiated, which leaves users vulnerable to Remote Code Execution. The exploitability of this vulnerability is increased because Redis servers are commonly deployed without authentication, but only affects Laravel Reverb when horizontal scaling is enabled (REVERB_SCALING_ENABLED=true). This issue has been fixed in version 1.7.0. As a workaround, require a strong password for Redis access and ensure the service is only accessible via a private network or local loopback, and/or set REVERB_SCALING_ENABLED=false to bypass the vulnerable logic entirely (if the environment uses only one Reverb node).
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.0% · higher than 62% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
RE
reverb · laravel
< 1.7.0 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-23524
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-23524
Technical Description
https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/502.html
Patch
https://github.com/laravel/reverb/commit/9ec26f8ffbb701f84920dd0bb9781a1797591f1a
Product
https://github.com/laravel/reverb/releases/tag/v1.7.0
Mitigation
https://github.com/laravel/reverb/security/advisories/GHSA-m27r-m6rx-mhm4
Technical Description
https://laravel.com/docs/12.x/reverb#scaling
