---
title: "CVE-2026-105222: alexpechkarev/google-maps - Man-in-the-Middle"
description: "alexpechkarev/google-maps Laravel package through 12.16 contains a man-in-the-middle vulnerability caused by disabling TLS certificate verification via ssl_verify_peer set to FALSE, letting on-path attackers intercept requests, steal API keys, and tamper with responses, exploit requires network interception capability."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-105222/
---

# CVE-2026-105222 alexpechkarev/google-maps - Man-in-the-Middle

alexpechkarev/google-maps Laravel package through 12.16 contains a man-in-the-middle vulnerability caused by disabling TLS certificate verification via ssl\_verify\_peer set to FALSE, letting on-path attackers intercept requests, steal API keys, and tamper with responses, exploit requires network interception capability.

CVSS base score 7.4 /10

High

CISA KEV

Not listed

Public exploit

None known

EPSS

0.19% chance of exploitation in 30 days

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-105222)

## Details

Type

Man-in-the-Middle

Impact

Man In The Middle, Information Disclosure, Data Tampering

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Published

4 October 2026

Updated

15 October 2026

Weakness

[CWE-295](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/295.html)

## Vendor fix

Update to the latest version that enables TLS certificate verification by default.

Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them.

## References

- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-105222](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-105222)
- [https://github.com/alexpechkarev/google-maps/blob/v12.14/src/WebService.php#L267-L269](https://github.com/alexpechkarev/google-maps/blob/v12.14/src/WebService.php#L267-L269)
- [https://github.com/alexpechkarev/google-maps/blob/v12.16/src/config/googlemaps.php#L28](https://github.com/alexpechkarev/google-maps/blob/v12.16/src/config/googlemaps.php#L28)
- [https://github.com/alexpechkarev/google-maps/issues/123](https://github.com/alexpechkarev/google-maps/issues/123)
- [https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/alexpechkarev-google-maps-through-12.16-disabled-tls-certificate-verification-via-ssl-verify-peer](https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/alexpechkarev-google-maps-through-12.16-disabled-tls-certificate-verification-via-ssl-verify-peer)
- [https://github.com/alexpechkarev/google-maps](https://github.com/alexpechkarev/google-maps)

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