The alexpechkarev/google-maps Laravel package through 12.16 disables TLS certificate verification by default because the bundled config sets ssl_verify_peer to FALSE, which is passed to CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER. On-path attackers can present any certificate to intercept Google Maps web-service requests, steal the API key from the query string, and tamper with responses.
https://github.com/alexpechkarev/google-maps/issues/123
https://github.com/alexpechkarev/google-maps/blob/v12.16/src/config/googlemaps.php#L28
https://github.com/alexpechkarev/google-maps/blob/v12.14/src/WebService.php#L267-L269
Published: 2026-10-04
Updated: 2026-10-05
Base Score: 7.1
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:N
Severity: High
Base Score: 7.4
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Severity: High
Base Score: 9.1
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Severity: Critical
EPSS: 0.00189