@better-auth/expo before 1.7.16 allows certain account-takeover outcomes (e.g., unauthenticated changes of any account's email address), because it signs a caller-supplied state value without checking whether that value had been issued by the server. NOTE: the application secret must be rotated after updating to a fixed version.
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Wed, 04 Nov 2026 09:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title Unauthenticated State Signing Allows Account Email Changes

Wed, 04 Nov 2026 03:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Better-auth
Better-auth better Auth
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:better-auth:better_auth:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Better-auth
Better-auth better Auth

Wed, 04 Nov 2026 02:45:00 +0000

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Description @better-auth/expo before 1.7.16 allows certain account-takeover outcomes (e.g., unauthenticated changes of any account's email address), because it signs a caller-supplied state value without checking whether that value had been issued by the server. NOTE: the application secret must be rotated after updating to a fixed version.
Weaknesses CWE-346
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2026-11-04T02:44:07.935Z

Reserved: 2026-11-04T02:36:12.694Z

Link: CVE-2026-121802

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-11-04T03:17:15.730

Modified: 2026-11-04T03:17:15.877

Link: CVE-2026-121802

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-11-04T09:15:07Z

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