Laravel applications fail in predictable ways — and most teams discover it too late.

Independent security reviews consistently show that the majority of Laravel applications ship with at least one critical misconfiguration: debug mode enabled, missing security headers, unsafe CORS rules, or weak session cookies. These issues rarely break functionality, which is why they often reach production unnoticed — until a penetration test, compliance audit, or real-world incident exposes them.

Laravel Secure Baseline was built to close this gap.

What Problem Does It Solve?

Laravel Secure Baseline is a zero-configuration security scanner designed specifically for Laravel applications. It automatically detects the most common and high-impact security mistakes before they reach production.

In real production projects, the tool typically:

  • Detects 5–10 critical or high-risk issues
  • Completes a full scan in under 2 seconds
  • Auto-fixes up to 90% of common misconfigurations

This makes it suitable not only for audits, but also for daily development, CI/CD pipelines, and pull request validation.

Key Capabilities

1. Immediate Security Visibility

Run a single command and get a clear, actionable report:

php artisan secure:scan

The scanner checks:

  • Environment safety (APP_DEBUG, APP_KEY, .env exposure)
  • Session security flags (secure, httpOnly, sameSite)
  • Security headers (HSTS, CSP, X-Frame-Options, and more)
  • CORS misconfigurations
  • HTTPS enforcement
  • Sensitive data leakage in logs

Each finding includes impact explanation and a concrete fix.

2. Auto-Fix for Common Vulnerabilities

Instead of only reporting issues, Laravel Secure Baseline can fix them automatically:

php artisan secure:scan --autofix

It safely updates configuration files, registers middleware, and suggests environment changes — reducing manual effort and human error.

3. Native GitHub Security Integration

Laravel Secure Baseline is one of the very few Laravel tools with native SARIF output, enabling direct integration with GitHub Code Scanning:

php artisan secure:scan --format=sarif --output=security.sarif

Results appear directly in:

  • GitHub’s Security tab
  • Pull request annotations
  • Historical security tracking

This allows security checks to become part of the standard review process, not an afterthought.

4. CI/CD Ready by Design

The scanner provides deterministic exit codes:

  • 0 — all checks passed
  • 1 — warnings only
  • 2 — critical failures

This makes it trivial to block deployments on real risks while allowing non-blocking warnings in early stages.

5. Zero Configuration, Laravel-Native

Unlike many security tools, Laravel Secure Baseline works out of the box. No complex rule definitions, no large config files, no external services required.

Install, run, and get value in minutes.

Get Started Today

If you maintain or deploy Laravel applications, this tool can immediately improve your security baseline with minimal effort.

👉 Explore the repository and try it on your project: https://github.com/bigdevwhale/laravel-secure-baseline