CVE-2026-86437

Description

Lara Dashboard before 1.3.2 authorizes the POST /admin/settings/core-upgrades/upload endpoint with only the settings.edit permission, allowing non-Superadmin administrators to upload and extract arbitrary zip archives over the live application source code. Attackers can upload a malicious archive containing modified application files such as routes/web.php with embedded system commands, which execute as the web server user with access to environment secrets and database credentials.

References

• https://github.com/laradashboard/laradashboard
• https://github.com/laradashboard/laradashboard/blob/v1.3.1/app/Http/Requests/CoreUpgrade/UploadRequest.php#L15-L18
• https://github.com/laradashboard/laradashboard/blob/v1.3.1/app/Policies/SettingPolicy.php#L47-L50
• https://github.com/laradashboard/laradashboard/blob/v1.3.1/app/Services/CoreUpgradeService.php#L543-L577
• https://github.com/laradashboard/laradashboard/commit/738cc1a219ce459323ef1d09c3789075f1b8d2f2