Better Auth from 1.5.0-beta.12 before 1.7.7 contains an authentication bypass vulnerability in the OAuth Proxy plugin that allows unauthenticated attackers to sign in as other users by forging encrypted profiles. When the proxy shares the global secret and cookie-stored state is used, attackers can obtain encrypted state for a fake profile with a victim's verified email to take over the account via implicit linking.
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Wed, 14 Oct 2026 23:00:00 +0000

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Description Better Auth from 1.5.0-beta.12 before 1.7.7 contains an authentication bypass vulnerability in the OAuth Proxy plugin that allows unauthenticated attackers to sign in as other users by forging encrypted profiles. When the proxy shares the global secret and cookie-stored state is used, attackers can obtain encrypted state for a fake profile with a victim's verified email to take over the account via implicit linking.
Title Better Auth 1.5.0-beta.12 before 1.7.7 Authentication Bypass via OAuth Proxy
First Time appeared Better-auth
Better-auth better Auth
Weaknesses CWE-287
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:better-auth:better_auth:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Better-auth
Better-auth better Auth
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N'}

cvssV4_0

{'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'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-14T22:52:51.393Z

Reserved: 2026-10-14T22:18:33.239Z

Link: CVE-2026-110864

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-14T23:17:27.970

Modified: 2026-10-14T23:17:27.970

Link: CVE-2026-110864

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