Laravel Cookie serialization vulnerability
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Affected versions
5.5.0 → fixed in 5.6.30
Details
Laravel 5.6.30 is a security release of Laravel and is recommended as an immediate upgrade for all users. Laravel 5.6.30 also contains a breaking change to cookie encryption and serialization logic. Refer to [laravel advisory](https://laravel.com/docs/5.6/upgrade#upgrade-5.6.30) for more details and read the notes carefully when upgrading your application.
The fix
No fix commit could be resolved for this advisory (it may reference an issue tracker or a non-GitHub patch). See the references below.