GHSA-xg6x-h9c9-2m83
Better Auth Has Two-Factor Authentication Bypass via Premature Session Caching (session.cookieCache)
En bref
- Publiée
- Mise à jour
- CVE
- CVE-2026-67337
- CVSS_V4
- CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Description
### Summary Under certain configurations, sessions may be considered valid before two-factor authentication (2FA) is fully completed. This can allow access to authenticated routes without verifying the second factor. --- ### Description When two-factor authentication is enabled, the authentication flow correctly identifies users who require additional verification and defers full authentication until the second factor is completed. However, when `session.cookieCache` is enabled, the session generated during the initial sign-in step may be cached as valid **prior to 2FA verification**. Subsequent session lookups may then return this cached session without re-evaluating the 2FA requirement. This results in a situation where session validity can be established before all authentication constraints are satisfied. --- ### Impact An attacker (or user) with valid primary credentials may gain access to protected application routes without completing the required second authentication factor. Any application using `better-auth` with both two-factor authentication and session cookie caching enabled may be affected. --- ### Mitigation * Upgrade to a version of `better-auth` that includes the fix for this issue. * Ensure that session caching does not treat sessions as fully authenticated until all required authentication steps, including 2FA, are completed. * As a temporary workaround, disable `session.cookieCache` when using two-factor authentication.
Paquets affectés
| Paquet | Versions |
|---|---|
| npm · better-auth | introduced 0, fixed 1.4.9 |
Références
- https://github.com/better-auth/better-auth/security/advisories/GHSA-xg6x-h9c9-2m83 WEB
- https://github.com/better-auth/better-auth PACKAGE
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| OSV.dev | CC-BY 4.0 — GitHub Advisory Database |